Written questions

Pesticides: Wildlife

Commons · Question 69444 · Tabled 21 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 1 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to introduce a public awareness campaign on the impact of domestic pesticide usage on wildlife.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 1 Sep 2025

All authorised plant protection products have statutory conditions of use that must be followed by all users, and strict, science-based regulation is supplemented with policies to encourage safe and minimal use. In March this year, the government publishe...