HC Deb 03 July 1975 vol 894 cc515-6W
Mr. Hooson

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there is any restriction on the sale of vegetables not on the national list of vegetables approved of under the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulation 1973; and whether the same applies to the sale of these vegetables in other Common Market countries.

Mr. Strang

There is no restriction on the sale of vegetables but vegetable seeds of a variety of a species prescribed in the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 1973 may not be sold, subject to some exceptions, unless the plant variety is entered on the United Kingdom National List or on the Common Catalogue of the European Economic Community. Similar provisions apply in the other member States of the Community.