asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how often the Government's advisory committee on pesticides meets.
The advisory committee on pesticides is scheduled to meet six times per year and its scientific subcommittee nine times. Facilities are provided for additional meetings when necessary.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) what products, currently on sale in Britain, contain the chemicals 2,4,5-T or 2,4-D;(2) which manufacturers currently produce products containing the chemicals 2,4-D.
[pursuant to her reply, 20 June 1985, c. 215]: Proprietary products cleared for use in the United Kingdom containing 2,4,5-T as the sole active ingredient or in mixture with other active ingedients are marketed by a variety of companies under the following proprietary names:—
BP Trading Co. Ltd.
Silvapron—T
Burts and Harvey
BH 2, 4, 5-T 500
Brushwood Emulsion*
Econal*
Farm Protection Ltd.
Farmon Brushwood Killer*
· ICI plc
Trioxone 50
A. H. Marks & Co. Ltd.
Marks Brushwood Killer
May & Baker Ltd.
Kilnet*
Spontox*
Shell Chemicals UK Ltd.
Ban-Dock
Nettleban*
Steetley Chemicals Ltd.
Vigon 5T*
Synchemicals Ltd.
Synchemicals New SBK Brushwood Killer*
Symchemicals Weed & Brush Killer*
Universal Crop Protection Ltd.
Unicrop Brushwood Killer
Unicrop Super Brushwood Killer
* products containing both 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D.
Proprietary products cleared for use in the United Kingdom containing 2,4-D as the active ingredient are marketed by a variety of companies under the following proprietary names:—
Atlas Interlates Ltd.
Atlas 2,4-D
BP Trading Co. Ltd.
Silvapron D
BASF (UK) Ltd.
BASF 2,4-D
BASF 2,4-D Ester 720
2,4-D Ester 720
Burts and Harvey
BH 2,4-D Ester 50
Dormone
J. D. Campbell & Sons Ltd.
Campbell's Destox
Campbell's Dioweed 50
J. W. Chafer Ltd.
Chafer 2,4-D Ester
Chemie Linz UK Ltd.
2,4-D 50 per cent.
2,4-D Weedkiller 50 per cent.
Chipman Ltd.
Chipman 2,4-D
Cleanacres Ltd.
Cleanacres 2,4-D Ester
Complete Weed Control Ltd.
2,4-D Selective Weedkiller
The Craven Chemical Co. Ltd.
2,4-D
Farm Protection Ltd.
Farmon 2,4-D
FBC Ltd.
FBC 2,4-D
Hoechst UK Ltd.
Hoechst 2,4-D Amine
ICI plc
Fernimine
Killgerm Chemicals Ltd.
Killgerm 2,4-D-A
A. H. Marks & Co. Ltd.
Marks 2,4-D-A
Marks 2,4-DM
Weedone LV4
May & Baker Ltd.
Dicotox Extra
Planatox
Mirfield Sales Service Ltd.
MSS 2,4-D Amine
MSS 2,4-D Ester
Rigby Taylor Ltd.
Mascot Showerproof Selective Weedkiller
SDS Biotech UK Ltd.
SDS 2,4-D 50
Shell Chemicals UK Ltd.
Shell D 50
Stanhope Chemical Products Ltd.
Stancide 2,4-D
Steetley Chemical Ltd.
Vigon DC
Stokes Bomford (Chemicals) Ltd.
SB 2,4-D Amine
Synchemicals Ltd.
For-Ester
Tripart Farm Chemicals Ltd.
Tripart 2,4-D Amine 50
Universal Crop Protection Ltd.
Palormone D