House of Lords written question – answered at on 4 March 2010.
Lord Taylor of Holbeach
- Shadow Minister (Also Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions), Shadow Minister
To ask Her Majesty's Government with regard to the Private Water Supplies Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/3103), whether the regulations cover the constituents of slug pellets, for instance metaldehydes.
Lord Davies of Oldham
Deputy Chief Whip (House of Lords), HM Household, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords) , Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (and Deputy Chief Whip)
The Private Water Supplies Regulations transpose into national law European drinking water standards laid down in the 1998 Drinking Water Directive. This includes two pesticide standards: individual and total pesticides. Metaldehyde is the active ingredient in some of the products sold as slug pellets therefore it falls within the scope of Schedule 2 Part 2 Audit Monitoring.
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