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Neonicotinoids

Commons · Question 13028 · Tabled 24 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 30 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce a timetable to end the emergency authorisation of neonicotinoid pesticides.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 30 Jun 2026

This government remains committed to ending the use in England of the three neonicotinoid pesticides (thiamethoxam, clothianidin, imidacloprid) that threaten vital pollinators, including through emergency authorisations. The Health and Safety Executive (H...