HL Deb 22 October 1998 vol 593 cc187-8WA
Lord Beaumont of Whitley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they have received an application for the use of glufosinate ammonium on genetically engineered crop varieties as a broad spectrum herbicide on the growing crop; and, if so, which company made the application and for which crop varieties; and when the decision will be announced. [HL3396]

Lord Donoughue

To date the Ministry's Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD) has received seven applications for approval for the use of glufosinate ammonium on genetically engineered crops. For commercial confidentiality reasons, details of any application for the approval of a pesticide are not made publicly available. However, in line with PSD's normal procedures, should an approval be given for such a use, details of it will be published in the Stationery Office publicationThe Pesticides Register.