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registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2024-05-07more like thismore than 2024-05-07
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Pesticides: Pollinators remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of permitted pesticides on pollinator populations in England. more like this
tabling member constituency Slough more like this
tabling member printed
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi remove filter
uin 24993 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-05-15more like thismore than 2024-05-15
answer text <p>The Government’s first priority with regard to pesticides is to ensure that they will not harm people or pose unacceptable risks to the environment.</p><p> </p><p>Defra funds research projects examining the impacts of pesticide use on honeybees and the environment. As part of the National Honey Monitoring Scheme, we fund the analysis of honey samples aimed at assessing levels of pesticides in honey across England, Wales, and Scotland. This provides an estimated level of honeybee exposure to pesticides across different land uses.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Defra contributes funding to the Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (POMS) which tracks changes in pollinator numbers, including the abundance of bees, hoverflies, and other flower-visiting insects across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Pollinators are a priority for this government, and we are taking action alongside many partners to implement the National Pollinator Strategy’s provisions. The National Pollinator Strategy Action Plan was published in May 2022 and sets out more specifically how we will continue to act to fulfil the vision, aims and objectives of the Strategy, over the period 2021-2024.</p>
answering member constituency Sherwood more like this
answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-05-15T12:29:44.603Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-15T12:29:44.603Z
answering member
4055
label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer more like this
tabling member
4638
label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi more like this