§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he has any proposals to re-classify alphachloralose; and whether he intends to revoke the approval of phosgen for specific uses.
§ Mr. MacleanFrom 1 March it will be illegal to use alphachloralose as a pesticide unless it is incorporated as an approved product. The Advisory Committee on Pesticides has also recommended that alphachloralose should be moved from part II to part I of the poisons list, thereby making it available only through retail pharmacies.
I am not aware of phosgen, but the approval for sale and supply of phosdrin 24, a pesticide with active ingredient mevinphos, was revoked last September on the advice of the ACP. The storage and use of this product will be prohibited from September 1992.