Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Kimball (Conservative). It was answered on Thursday, 2 February 2006.
Moles
- Question
- My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply, but it is not really good enough. There is an explosion of moles throughout England. On 6 September, licensed pest controllers could use only Phostoxin. It costs six times as much and is 10 times less efficient than worms dressed with strychnine. I hope that the derogation will continue.
- Answer
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My Lords, the noble Lord will understand that I can say very little at the moment because the matter is before the Health and Safety Executive. We acknowledge that strychnine is an effective means of control, but the over-riding considerations are of course the safety and humaneness of the chemical and the availability of alternatives.
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- Oral question
- Reference
- 678 c295
- Session
- 2005-06
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- 1st Supplementary
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- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- EU law Pesticides Strychnine
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