Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 10 January 2000, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 90 members in total.

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LINDANE

That this House notes that the pesticide Lindane is banned in Sweden, the Netherlands, Japan, New Zealand and a range of other countries but is still widely and legally used in Britain, that Lindane is used as a pesticide on farms in Britain, that products containing Lindane are approved for sale for domestic use, including ant killer and moth killer and that Lindane is classified by the World Health Organisation as a possible human carcinogen; and calls on the Government to follow the example of several other countries and ban the use of Lindane in this country.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

236 

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Pesticides Lindane

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk