§ Mr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the dates of commencement of the review of pesticide active ingredients for all those that are currently under review.
§ Mr. GummerThe dates when the reviews started of the pesticide active ingredients currently under review are detailed as follows.
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Pesticide active ingredient Date of review Alachlor January 1990 Atrazine November 1990 Benomyl December 1989 Bromoxynil November 1989 Captan March 1988 Carbendazim December 1989 Chlorothalonil April 1990 Demeton-S-methyl June 1989 Demeton-S-methyl-sulphone June 1989 Diazinon April 1991 Dichlorvos February 1990
Pesticide active ingredient Date of review Dithiocarbamates: Ferbam April 1991 Mancozeb Maneb Nabam Propineb Thiram Zineb Zineb-ethylene-thiuram-disulphide adduct Ziram Dinocap January 1990 Ioxynil November 1990 Isoproturon November 1990 Lindane March 1989 Linuron November 1989 Methyl bromide May 1988 Monolinuron November 1990 Oxydemeton-methyl June 1989 Simazine November 1990 Synthetic Pyrethroids: Cypermethrin April 1989 Deltamethrin Permethrin 8 post-1981 compounds Thiophanate methyl December 1989 Thiabendazole December 1989 Tecnazene February 1989 2-Aminobutane August 1990 2,4,D November 1989 Vinclozolin April 1991
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list all the pesticide active ingredients which he has decided not to review; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GummerThe pesticide active ingredients which are not yet subject to routine review by the Advisory Committee on Pesticides are those which have been approved from 1981 onwards.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to his answers to the hon. Member for South Shields of 6 June,Official Report, columns 340–43, if he will make a statement on the reasons for including some pesticide active ingredients in the list for having had the reviews completed and also on a list of those currently under review.
§ Mr. GummerThe list of pesticide active ingredients in my previous answer was annotated with "P" for partial and "F" for full reviews. Those pesticides for which a partial review has been concluded, but which are nevertheless due for full review, still appear as "under review".
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for South Shields of 6 June,Official Report, columns 340–43, concerning the review of active ingredients of pesticides; if he will give the dates when the review of each pesticide listed was completed.
§ Mr. GummerThe dates when the reviews were completed of the active ingredients listed in the answer given to the hon. Member for South Shields on 6 June,Official Report, columns 340–43, are detailed as follows:
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Active ingredient Date of review TBTO1 May 1990 Alphachloralose1 March 1991 Secanol1 March 1991
Active ingredient Date of review Vinclozolin1 March 1991 Diazinon April 1991 Ioxynil May 1991 Bromoxynil May 1991 2-Aminobutane1 November 1990 Maneb April 1991 Mancozeb April 1991 Nabam April 1991 Zineb April 1991 Aineb-ethylene-thiuram disulphide adduct April 1991 1 Partial review only.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many pesticide active ingredients were awaiting review in June, for each year since 1986.
§ Mr. GummerThe information requested cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost.