Neonicotinoids
Commons · Question 1387 · Tabled 23 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Question
Asked by Simon Opher
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ban the use of neonicotinoids.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 31 Jul 2024
This government recognises that nature is at a crisis point across Britain. We will therefore change existing policies to prevent the use of those neonicotinoid pesticides that threaten our vital pollinators. A Defra spokesperson said: “We are at a crisis...