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Mr. Skinner
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether the advisory committee on pesticides has now had an opportunity to consider the article in The Lancet of 8 May by Dr. Coggon and Professor Acheson and come to any conclusion regarding a ban on the herbicide 2,4,5-T.
Mr. Peter Walker
As I said in my reply to the hon. Member on 18 June, I have invited the advisory committee on pesticides to let me have its observations on all evidence that has become available since the committee's report on the safety of 2,4,5-T herbicides published in December 1980. I am now awaiting its observations.