United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 164621
Potatoes: UK Trade with EU
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8 March 2021
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11 March 2021 · Answer
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11 March 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on domestic potato producers of banning the anti-sprouting component DMN while allowing EU potato producers using that c
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8 March 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on domestic potato producers of banning the anti-sprouting component DMN while allowing EU potato producers using that c
Source: Commons
11 March 2021
Answer
Before a pesticide can be used, its active substance must be approved and the pesticide itself must be authorised. Decisions on approval and authorisation are based on an assessment of the risks posed to people and to the environment. Such decisions are d...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-03-08/164621
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1300384
- uk · wq-1300384 · source updated 11 March 2021