§ Dr. GibsonTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans he has to ban the insecticide Lindane following the EU Advisory Committee on Pesticides meeting on 15 April. [81743]
§ Mr. Rooker[holding answer 23 April 1999]: With my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, for Health, for Scotland and for Wales, I am considering the advice of our Advisory Committee on Pesticides regarding the use of the insecticide Lindane. The Committee considered a draft evaluation, prepared by the Austrian authorities, of the data submitted by the notifying companies in the course of the EU review for the Commission.