§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will cause an inquiry to be carried out into the effects of paraquat when absorbed in plants upon people who thereafter eat those plants or who eat animals which have been fed upon those plants.
§ Mrs. FennerThere is no occasion for this. The question of residues in plant and animal products was among the factors which were fully considered by our Advisory Committee on Pesticides and other Toxic Chemicals before it concluded that use of paraquat could be permitted. As with all other pesticides the situation is kept under review.