§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his oral answer of 4 June 1998,Official Report, column 494, on antibiotics in animal feed and the recommendations of the Agriculture Committee, if he will seek to secure a EU-wide ban on the use of antibiotics as growth promoters in farming. [45368]
§ Mr. RookerThe Government are giving careful consideration to recommendations made by the Agriculture Select Committee and the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology which concern the use of antibiotic growth promoters. The Government are advised on this issue by the independent scientific Veterinary Products Committee (VPC), and the VPC's advice will inform the Government's position in continuing EU discussions on the safety of growth promoters.