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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases have been recorded by the National Poisons Information Service since 1996 of lindane poisoning in children up to 14 years of age; what the level of exposure was in each case; and whether these cases were (a) fatal lindane...

Asked by

Joan Ruddock (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 June 2002

Reference

386 c1218-9W; 59635;59636;59637

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answered by

Baroness Beckett (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

31 January 2002

Reference

379 c409-10

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

1st supplementary on same.

Asked by

Anne Campbell (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

31 January 2002

Reference

379 c409-10

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answered by

Baroness Beckett (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

31 January 2002

Reference

379 c409-10

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, If she will ban the use of the pesticide Lindane.

Asked by

Anne Campbell (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

31 January 2002

Reference

379 c409-10; 29537

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper Dep 00/1246

Deposited by

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Type

Deposited papers

Date

31 July 2000

Reference

Dep 00/1246

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what his Department's policy is regarding its use of Lindane; and what recent discussions he has had with other EU farm ministers regarding the future use of Lindane. - (Holding answer 27 July 2000).

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 July 2000

Reference

354 c1131-2W; 132729

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) evaluated into the health risks associated with Lindane. - Includes figures (In Library Dep 00/1246).

Asked by

Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

21 June 2000

For answer on

24 July 2000

Answered on

24 July 2000

Angela Smith: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) evaluated into the health risks associated with lindane. [127816] Ms Quin: Under both UK and EU pesticides legislation the responsibility for undertaking research into the health risks lies with the companies who market the pesticides. Lindane is presently under review in both the UK and EU programmes. Both reviews have required the submission of data and research studies by companies wishing to support the compound. In the Eu review, 562 studies were submitted on, among other things, the compound's identity; physical and chemical properties; classification; methods of analysis; toxicology and metabolism; and residues data. I have arranged for a copy of the EU's list of tests and studies to be placed in the House Libraries. Much of the data submitted for the EU review of lindane have also been submitted under the UK review along with a further 30 studies relating to operator exposure to lindane when treating seed. These are listed in our evaluation on the review of lindane which I have also placed in the Libraries. Until recently the UK and EU reviews of lindane have been running in tandem. Under the UK review the Government have moved swiftly to ban those uses of lindane in this country which posed an unacceptable risk. At EU level the Commission has just produced a proposal to withdraw the agricultural uses of lindane as insufficient data have been submitted to support its continued use for these purposes. The Government have supported and welcome this development.

Date

24 July 2000

Reference

127816; 354 c474-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) recent research and (b) evaluation of research his Department has undertaken into the possible health risks associated with the use of Lindane.

Asked by

Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 July 2000

Reference

127818; 353 c43W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received about the incidence of breast cancer associated with the use of Lindane.

Asked by

Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 July 2000

Reference

127815; 353 c43W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what recent representations he has received about the health implications of Lindane.

Asked by

Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 July 2000

Reference

127817; 353 c8W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the approvals for products containing Lindane which have been suspended, withdrawn or revoked from market authorisation in the last five years, indicating the crops for which use of the products had been approved, including off-label approvals. -...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

7 April 2000

For answer on

17 April 2000

Answered on

17 April 2000

Mr. Baker: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the approvals for products containing Lindane which have been suspended, withdrawn or revoked from market authorisation in the last five years, indicating the crops for which use of the products had been approved, including off-label approvals. [118804] Ms Quin: [holding answer 12 April 2000]: Those products containing Lindane which have been suspended, withdrawn or revoked from the market since 1 November 1995, and the crops for which they held approval, are: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Product name MAFF No. Crops Atlas Steward 03062 Apple Barley (spring) Barley (winter) Beetroot Blackberry Broad bean Broccoli (seed crop) Brussels sprout (seed crop) Cabbage (seed crop) Calabrese (seed crop) Cauliflower (seed crop) Grassland Kale (seed crop) Lettuce (protected) Loganberry Maize (spring) Maize (winter) Mustard (seed crop) Oilseed rape Ornamental (including bulb and corm) Ornamental shrub Ornamental tree Pea Pear Raspberry Spinach Strawberry Sugar beet Swede (seed crop) Tomato (protected) Turnip (seed crop) Wheat (spring) Wheat (winter) CDA Castaway Plus 04758 Turf Gamma-Col 00964 Apple Blackberry Brassica Cereal Christmas tree Chrysanthemum Cucumber Elm Grass Loganberry Maize Oilseed rape Ornamental Pear Plum Raspberry Strawberry Sugar beet Vegetable Gamma-Col Turf 05450 Turf Gamma-Col Turf 06826 Turf Gamma-Col Turf 07868 Turf Gammalex 00965 Oilseed rape (seed) Gammalex 06396 Oilseed rape Gammasan 30 00969 Barley (seed) Oat (seed) Wheat (seed) Gammasan 30 06671 Barley (spring) Barley (winter) Oats (spring) Oats (winter) Wheat (spring) Wheat (winter) Hydraguard 03278 Brussels sprout Cabbage Kale Oilseed rape Swede Turnip Hydraguard 08877 Brussels sprout Cabbage Kale Oilseed rape Swede Turnip Hysede FL 02863 Brassica seed (including broccoli, brussels sprout, cabbage, oilseed rape, swede) Broccoli Brussels sprout Cabbage Oilseed rape Swede Turnip Kotol FS 06968 Barley Barley (seed) Oats Oats (seed) Rye (seed) Wheat Wheat (seed) Lindane 20 01553 Apple Artichoke (Jerusalem, globe) Aubergine Bean (broad, navy, runner, soya, dwarf, French) Beetroot Brassica (named) Broccoli Brussels sprout Bulb Cabbage Chinese cabbage Cauliflower Collard Fennel Forestry Kale Kohlrabi Oilseed rape Ornamental Pea (mange-tout) Pear Pepper Plum Pot plant Raspberry Sugar beet Tomato Lindex-Plus FS Seed Treatment 03934 Chinese cabbage Oilseed rape (seed) Lindex-Plus FS Seed Treatment 08212 Oilseed rape (seed) Murfume Grainstore Smoke 05575 Food storage practice (fumigation of empty bins, chutes, conveyors, ducts and buildings used for storage of raw grain pulses and oilseeds) Murfume Lindane Smoke 05576 Glasshouse crop (edible + ornamental) Food storage practice (grain store, silo) Mushroom New Kotol 05081 Barley (seed) Oats (seed) Rye (seed) Wheat (seed) New Kotol 06212 Barley (seed Oats (seed) Rye (seed) Wheat (seed) Sentry 06209 Sugar beet Unicrop Leather Jacket Pellets 02272 Barley (spring) Barley (winter) Grassland Oats Rye Sugar beet Triticale Wheat (spring) Wheat (winter) Vitavax RS 02310 Oilseed rape (seed) Vitavax RS 06029 Oilseed rape Oilseed rape (seed) Vitavax RS 08040 Flax Linseed Oilseed rape Wireworm FS Seed Treatment 05640 Barley Oats Wheat Wireworm Liquid Seed Treatment 05641 Barley Oats Wheat _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

17 April 2000

Reference

118804; 348 c338-40W;348 c337-40W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what advice he has received regarding use of Lindane since the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides in York on 24th February; and when he expects a decision to be announced. - (Holding answer 9 March 2000).

Asked by

Joan Ruddock (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 March 2000

Reference

346 c313W; 113616

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he is taking to control the importation of seeds treated with Lindane; what estimate he has made of the quantity of such seeds imported within the last month for which figures are available; and if he will make a...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 March 2000

Reference

346 c173W; 112560

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the evidence assembled by other EU member states before their decisions to ban Lindane; if he will ban the (a) sale and (b) use of Lindane; what assessment he has made of the extent of...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 January 2000

For answer on

31 January 2000

Answered on

31 January 2000

Mr. Baker: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) what assessment he has made of the evidence assembled by other EU member states before their decisions to ban Lindane; [104528] (2) if he will ban the (a) sale and (b) use of Lindane; [104651] (3) what assessment he has made of the extent of bans on the use of Lindane in other countries; [104527] (4) what steps his Department takes to monitor the effects of Lindane. [104609] Ms Quin: [holding answer 13 January 2000]: The Government act as necessary on pesticides in order to safeguard health. In the case of lindane, using a precautionary assessment, independent scientific advice is that currently approved uses (agricultural and non-agricultural) of lindane do not pose any unacceptable risk to people or the environment. In addition all UK pesticide approval holders are legally obliged to report any scientific information relating to the safety of their products and the Government's Pesticide Incident Appraisal Panel considers all investigated incidents where the use of agricultural pesticides may have affected a person's health. Both the EU and UK have programmes to review pesticides and lindane is under consideration in both programmes. Last June the Advisory Committee on Pesticides, an independent body, considered evidence from both the UK and EU reviews of lindane. In the light of the Committee's recommendations the Government moved swiftly to ban those uses of lindane that gave rise to unacceptable levels of exposure with the remaining uses being allowed to continue subject to further controls to reduce exposure and, where appropriate, companies being required to submit further data including environmental data for non-agricultural uses. We do not routinely monitor and investigate the decisions taken by the regulatory authorities of other countries primarily because our decisions are based on the evidence and advice presented to UK Ministers about uses in the UK. Technical specifications, product formulations and uses are liable to considerable variation across the world and particular decisions elsewhere may have no direct relevance in the UK. Consequently, in the case of lindane, we have not attempted to establish its historic use overseas or the reasons why other countries have introduced partial or complete bans. The EU has yet to reach conclusions on the future European status of lindane but we have reported the action we have taken to the Commission and encouraged them to reach a European view as soon as possible.

Date

31 January 2000

Reference

343 c481-2W; 104528;104651;104527;104609

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will set out the labelling requirements which apply to the presence of (a) Lindane and (b) other pesticides in household products. - Includes ref to Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986. (Holding answer 13 January 2000).

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 January 2000

Reference

342 c482W;342 c480W; 104652

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps his Department takes to monitor the effects of Lindane.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 January 2000

Reference

342 c212W; 104610

House

House of Commons

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...

Primary sponsor

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Early day motions

Date

10 January 2000

Reference

236

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the recommendation of the EU to ban Lindane; and if he will publish the scientific evidence which he has received on Lindane.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 December 1999

Reference

340 c279W; 101067

House

House of Commons

Donoughue, Lord

Statement on whether they will ban the use of lindane for seed treatment. [HL 3581]. - Inc announcement that Lindane is now banned and ref to 333 c233-4W.

Asked by

Viscount Hanworth (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 July 1999

Reference

HL 3581; 604 c68-9WA

House

House of Lords

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