§ Lord AVEBURYasked Her Majesty's Government:
- (a) What reports have been made by the Advisory Committee on Pesticides and whether they will place copies in the Library of the House; and
- (b) Whether the Advisory Committee on Pesticides has made any recommendations
2134 on 2, 4, 5-T and if so, whether they will be published.
§ The MINISTER of STATE, DEPARTMENT of EDUCATION and SCIENCE (Baroness Young)The reports which have been published by the Advisory Committee on Pesticides are as follows:
Review of the Persistent Organochlorine Pesticides; and supplementary report (1964) (published under the Committee's previous title, the Advisory Committee on Poisonous Substances Used in Agriculture and Food Storage).
Review of the Present Safety Arrangements for the Use of Toxic Chemicals in Agriculture and Food Storage (1967).
The Collection of Residue Data (1969).
Further Review of Certain Persistent Organochlorine Pesticides Used in Great Britain (1969).
Review of the Safety for Use in the UK of the Herbicide 2, 4, 5-T (1979).
A copy of the last-named report in the above list is in the Library of the House; the earlier reports are out of print but copies are available from the main Library of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
The Committee made recommendations on 2, 4, 5-T herbicides in its published 1979 report, and I am sending the noble Lord a copy. The Committee is at present engaged in a further review and its report will be published.