§ Ms. QuinTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Gateshead, East on 2 February,Official Report, columns 399–400, whether he intends to update regularly the statistics relating to the use of tecnazene on potatoes.
§ Mr. RyderYes. Pesticide usage surveys are undertaken at regular intervals and the results are published.
§ Ms. QuinTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Gateshead, East on 2 February,Official Report, columns 399–400, whether he now has further details of the use of tecnazene on the 1988 potato crop throughout the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. RyderDetails of the use of pesticides, including tecnazene, on the 1988 potato crop are still being collected.372W These figures will cover pesticide usage in England and Wales. Results available from the 1986 crop in Scotland were given in my answer to the hon. Member on 2 February at columns 399–400. Pesticide usage statistics are not collected for Northern Ireland.