§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what recent assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the clearance for use afforded to lindane. [20144]
§ Mr. RookerThe agricultural uses of lindane were reviewed by the independent Advisory Committee on Pesticides in 1995. The Committee concluded that approvals should continue.
683WLindane is currently the subject of an assessment under the European Community's review programme for agricultural pesticides. The first stage of that process is the production of a summary of scientific data by the rapporteur Member State; in this case Austria.