HC Deb 15 April 1965 vol 710 c247W
Mr. Farr

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total number of notifications received by his Department under the Notification Scheme for Chemicals used in Agriculture, and the number of such notifications which failed to gain clearance by the Advisory Committee, in 1963 and in 1964.

Mr. Hoy

The information is in the table given below:

1963 1964
Notifications received (of which 29 in 1963 and 38 in 1964 related to new chemicals) 149 196
Failed to get clearance 1 5
Withdrawn or postponed by notifiers 11 6
Cleared provisionally for one year to obtain further data following commercial application 18 18