§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proposals she has to tighten controls on tractor spraying to bring them into line with aerial spraying; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. SoamesIn May 1993 the pesticides safety directorate consulted interested parties on proposed430W France, (c) Germany and (d) the United States of America for each five-year period since 1965 and for the third quarter of 1993.
§ Mr. JackInformation is not available for all four countries for the whole of the period referred to nor in the precise form requested. Details of household expenditure on food as a proportion, first, of total household expenditure on goods and services and secondly, of the total income of households and private unincorporated enterprises for five-year periods from 1966 to 1990 and for the latest available periods are shown in the table.
amendments to the Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986 including a new provision requiring any person who uses a pesticide to confine the pesticide to the land, crop, structure, material or other area to be treated. This would effectively extend the existing provision on aerial spraying to all methods of use. The proposed amendments are being considered in the light of comments received with a view to laying a statutory instrument before the House in the near future.