HC Deb 20 May 1991 vol 191 cc397-8W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the organisations 'which obtained contracts to carry out toxicological evaluations of pesticide active ingredients in 1990–91; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Gummer

Organisations with contracts to evaluate pesticide active ingredients in 1990–91 were:

  • Inveresk Research International
  • Life Science Research
  • British Industrial Biological Research
  • Dr. Brian Hunter (Independent Consultant)

Dr. David Clark

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the organisations 'which will be consulted over the review of pesticides; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Gummer

The following organisations are on the consultation list for the review of older pesticides, in addition to the approval holders concerned.

  • Association of Consultants to the Bioscience Industries
  • Association of County Public Health Officers
  • Association of Independent Crop Consultants
  • Association of Local Authorities of Northern Ireland
  • Association of Metropolitan Authorities
  • Brewers Society
  • British Agricultural Export Council
  • British Agrochemicals Association
  • 398
  • British Agrochemicals Supply Industry Scheme
  • British Association for Chemical Specialists
  • British Association of Landscape Industries
  • British Association of Plant Breeders
  • British Bee Farmers Association
  • British Bee Keepers Association
  • British Chemical Distributors and Traders Association
  • British Crop Protection Council
  • British Pest Control Association
  • British Pot Plant Growers Association
  • British Railways Board
  • British Society of Plant Breeders
  • British Wood Preserving Association
  • Campaign for Freedom of Information
  • Campden Food Preservation Research Association
  • Chemical Industries Association
  • Consumer Association
  • Consumers in the European Community Group
  • Council for Environmental Conservation
  • Countryside Commission
  • Countryside Commission for Scotland
  • Farmers Union of Wales
  • Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Information Bureau
  • Friends of the Earth Ltd.
  • Friends of the Earth (Scotland)
  • Fruit and Vegetable Canners Association
  • National Consumer Council
  • National Farmers Union
  • National Farmers Union of Scotland
  • National Farmers Union (Wales)
  • National Federation of Consumer Groups
  • National Federation of Women's Institutes
  • Pesticides Trust
  • Public Health and Industrial Pesticides Council
  • Royal Horticultural Society
  • Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
  • Scottish Consumer Council
  • Trade Union Congress
  • Transport and General Workers Union
  • Water Authorities Association
  • Welsh Consumer Council
  • Wickham Laboratories Ltd.
  • United Kingdom Agricultural Supply Trade Association

Commission of the European Communities and regulatory authorities in other countries, where appropriate.