§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department has studied recent cancer investigations made by the Environment Protection Agency in the United States of America, relating to the herbicide alachlor; if this pesticide is in use in the United Kingdom; and what plans he has to issue a warning to users.
§ Mr. MacGregorFull details of certain replacement studies of alachlor, which is used on a very small scale in the United Kingdom, have been submitted to my Department. Ministers are taking the advice of the Advisory Committee for Pesticides on the appropriate reaction to this data.