§ Mr. Formanasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans his Department has to require the amounts of pesticide used on farms to be included in the June census return.
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§ Mrs. FennerPart III of the Food and Environment Protection Bill would provide Ministers with power to require information from users of a pesticide.
Ministers believe that in certain circumstances the benefits in environmental safety may justify the additional burden of keeping records to furnish such information. The Department will be consulting all interested parties later in the year on the appropriate use of this power.
§ Mr. Formanasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what representations he has received advocating limits on the total amount of pesticide active ingredient and the number of spray applications that may be applied to any one unit in any one season under the Food and Environment Protection Bill [Lords].
§ Mrs. FennerI have received representations from both farming and environmental interests advocating such limits.
§ Mr. Formanasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans his Department has to review the efficacy and safety of the pesticide Metasystox.
§ Mrs. FennerThe safety position of all pesticides is kept under continuous review. Similarly the efficacy of pesticides approved under the agricultural chemicals approvals scheme, as are Metasystox 55 and Metasystox R, is also kept under review.