§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will take steps to ban the import and sale of seeds of Heracleum Mantegazzianum.
§ Mr. Sainsbury[holding answer 22 October 1990]: No. There are currently no plans to ban the import or sale of seeds of Heracleum Mantegazzianum.
However, under section 14(2) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, it is an offence for any person to plant or to otherwise cause to grow in the wild any plant which is included in part 2 of schedule 9 to the Act. Giant hogweed (Heracleum Mantegazzianum) is listed in the schedule.