To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to provide a substantive answer to the question from the hon. Member for Greenock and Port Glasgow, to which a holding answer was given on 16 June, relating to the frequency of use of the pesticide Nuvan.

A substantive answer was provided on 4 July.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will place in the Library copies of the findings of the research studies into the effects of the pesticide Nuvan, mentioned in the answer of 27 June, Official Report, columns 85–86.

Research into the effects of Nuvan by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland marine laboratory in Aberdeen has not yet been completed.