§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he has taken or plans to take to regulate the addition of pesticides to paint.
§ Mr. FletcherThe Food and Environment Protection Bill now before Parliament will empower Ministers to regulate the use of pesticides. Ministers will be consulting interested organisations on the scope of the regulations.
198WThe Secretary of State for the Environment is currently consulting interested parties about separate regulations under the Control of Pollution Act controlling the use of marine anti-fouling paints containing organo-tin compounds.