Written question asked by Peter Ainsworth (Conservative) on Tuesday, 30 March 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 April 2004. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Monday, 19 April 2004 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 assessment was made during the GM Farm Scale Evaluations of the environmental impact of treating Chardon LL maize with more than six litres per hectare of glufosinate ammonium. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment was made during the GM Farm Scale Evaluations of the environmental impact of treating Chardon LL maize with more than six litres per hectare of glufosinate ammonium. [165374] Mr. Morley: In the farm-scale evaluations the terms of the pesticide approval for the use of glufosinate ammonium on GM maize Chardon LL permitted a maximum individual (single-dose) application rate of 4 litres per hectare and the maximum total rate permitted was 8 litres per hectare. The results of the evaluations, including those where the total application rate was more than 6 litres per hectare, are given in the paper by G T Champion et al published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, series B, volume 358, number 1439, last autumn. Defra officials sent the hon. Member a copy of these papers on 24 October 2003 and a copy is also available in the Library.

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