50 and 54. Mrs. Butlerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) what action he intends to take to ban the use of chlorinated hydrocarbons in sheep-dip in view of nesting failures and contamination of eggs of golden eagles; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what action he intends to take with regard to further control of chlorinated hydrocarbons used in horticulture following the recent report of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, a copy of which has been sent to him
§ Mr. SoamesI would ask the hon. Lady to await the statement which I hope to make tomorrow on the occasion of the publication of the Review of the Persistent Organochlorine Pesticides which I have received from the Advisory Committee on Poisonous Substances used in Agriculture and Food Storage.