Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 8054

Weedkillers: Licensing

Tabled: 8 October 2024
Answered: 15 October 2024

Question

Rachel Gilmour

Liberal DemocratTiverton and Minehead

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will restore the license for ASOLUX; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the restoration of that license on the growth of bracken in (a) the Quantocks an

Answer

Emma Hardy
Asulox is a herbicide containing the active substance asulam, which is not approved for use in the UK. For some years, use of Asulox to control bracken has been allowed under strictly controlled conditions under emergency authorisation arrangements. In 20...

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