HC Deb 11 November 1991 vol 198 cc420-1W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the agricultural uses of(a) sodium cyanide (Cymag) and (b) chlorpirifos (Spannit).

Mr. Maclean

Sodium cyanide (Cymag) is a vertebrate control agent. It is not approved for agricultural use in the United Kingdom.

Chlorpirifos (Spannit) is approved for agricultural use on the following crops:

  • Calabrese or
  • Calabrese at drilling or transplanting
  • Kale or
  • Kale at drilling or transplanting
  • Drilling Carrott Potato
  • Swede or
  • Swede at drilling or transplanting
  • Turnip or
  • Turnip at drilling or transplanting
  • Plum
  • Apple
  • Pear
  • Currants (black, white and red)
  • Currants (bushes)
  • after harvest
  • Gooseberry
  • Strawberry
  • Strawberry (plants)
    • 421
  • after cropping
  • Raspberry
  • Narcissus bulbs Forestry (cut logs)
  • Winter wheat
  • pre-emergence or
  • post-emergence
  • Barley
  • Oats
  • Spring wheat
  • Grass
  • Maize
  • Sweetcorn
  • Pea
  • Oilseed rape or
  • Oilseed rape at drilling
  • Broccoli or
  • Broccoli at drilling or transplanting
  • Cabbage or
  • Cabbage at drilling or transplanting
  • Cauliflower or
  • Cauliflower at drilling or transplanting
  • Brussels sprout or
  • Brussels sprout. at drilling or transplanting