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Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the organisations which will be consulted over the review of pesticides ; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Gummer : The following organisations are on the consultation list for the review of older pesticides, in addition to the approval holders concerned.

Association of Consultants to the Bioscience Industries Association of County Public Health Officers

Association of Independent Crop Consultants

Association of Local Authorities of Northern Ireland

Association of Metropolitan Authorities

Brewers Society

British Agricultural Export Council

British Agrochemicals Association

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British Agrochemicals Supply Industry Scheme

British Association for Chemical Specialists

British Association of Landscape Industries

British Association of Plant Breeders

British Bee Farmers Association

British Bee Keepers Association

British Chemical Distributors and Traders Association

British Crop Protection Council

British Pest Control Association

British Pot Plant Growers Association

British Railways Board

British Society of Plant Breeders

British Wood Preserving Association

Campaign for Freedom of Information

Campden Food Preservation Research Association

Chemical Industries Association

Consumer Association

Consumers in the European Community Group

Council for Environmental Conservation

Countryside Commission

Countryside Commission for Scotland

Farmers Union of Wales

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Information Bureau

Friends of the Earth Ltd.

Friends of the Earth (Scotland)

Fruit and Vegetable Canners Association

National Consumer Council

National Farmers Union

National Farmers Union of Scotland

National Farmers Union (Wales)

National Federation of Consumer Groups

National Federation of Women's Institutes

Pesticides Trust

Public Health and Industrial Pesticides Council

Royal Horticultural Society

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Scottish Consumer Council

Trade Union Congress

Transport and General Workers Union

Water Authorities Association

Welsh Consumer Council

Wickham Laboratories Ltd.

United Kingdom Agricultural Supply Trade Association

Commission of the European Communities and regulatory authorities in other countries, where appropriate.

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the number of BSE confirmed cases in the United Kingdom for each month from October 1990 until April 1991.

Mr. Gummer : The number of confirmed cases of BSE in the United Kingdom listed by month of onset of clinical signs, from October 1990 to December 1990, the latest month for which figures are available, is as follows :

                                                                                

                                                                                

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Milk Quotas

Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans he has to phase out milk quotas ; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Gummer : Milk quotas are decided upon by the whole European Community and for that reason I expect them to continue for some years to come.

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