The following witnesses gave evidence. Those marked * gave oral evidence.

*  British Coatings Federation

  British Retail Consortium

*  British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV)

*  Chemical Industries Association

  Confederation of British Industry

  Danish Government, Minister for Environment and Energy

*  Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

  Development Initiative for Chemical Industry Dependent Areas (DICIDA)

*  English Nature

*  Environment Agency

  Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

  Federation of Chemical Associations (FOCAS)

*  Focus on Alternatives

*  Friends of the Earth

  Green Alliance

  Greenpeace UK

*  Health & Safety Executive

*  The Right Honourable Michael Meacher MP, Minister for the Environment,

   Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

*  MRC Institute for Environment and Health

  National Council of Women of Great Britain

  Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Planning and Environment

*  OECD

  David W Purchon FCIE, FRIPHH

  Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution

  The Royal Society

*  Royal Society of Chemistry

  The Royal Society of Edinburgh

*  Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)

*  WWF-UK