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Farm Workers

Volume 196: debated on Thursday 17 October 1991

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To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what advice he will give farm workers about the protective clothing to wear and the use of storage of this clothing between dipping seasons.

Advice on appropriate protective clothing is given on the label and/or data sheet of individual products. Additionally, information on the use of protective clothing and the precautions to be observed under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1988 when sheep dipping is given in the free leaflet "Sheep Dipping: Protect Your Health" published by the Health and Safety Executive on 16 September 1991, and available from its local offices.Guidance on the storage and maintenance of protective clothing is given in the joint HSE/MAFF publication "Pesticides: Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Pesticides on Farms and Holdings" a copy of which is in the Library of the House.