Written question asked by Michael Meacher (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 November 2003. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Thursday, 20 November 2003 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the results were of the Farm Scale Evaluation trials in respect of conventional maize crops in the 17 per cent. of cases where atrazine was not used as a herbicide.

Answer: Mr. Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the results were of the Farm Scale Evaluation trials in respect of conventional maize crops in the 17 per cent. of cases where atrazine was not used as a herbicide. [140153] Mr. Morley: The results of the farm-scale evaluations published on 16 October 2003 were based on the range of contemporary practice used by the participating farmers for conventional maize. The published papers did not present separate results for each conventional practice that this encompassed. Such analysis may be possible based on the data collected and I understand the research team are currently considering this. If any further information becomes available it will be published in the normal way.

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