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date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Bees: Beetles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to prevent the spread of the beehive beetle through produce imported from Italy.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	210631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Defra’s Pest Risk Analysis for the small hive beetle, including an assessment of its potential impact, has been published and can be found at <a href="http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/downloadDocument.cfm?id=945" target="_blank">www.nationalbeeunit.com/downloadDocument.cfm?id=945</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Exports of bees are banned from an area of 100 km around the outbreak and the Italian authorities are taking steps to eradicate the beetle.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As a precaution, in addition to inspecting recent exports of bees to England and Wales, Defra has alerted and provided advisory leaflets on the small hive beetle to the Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate, the Horticulture Marketing Inspectorate, and trade associations representing importers of plant produce. We have asked them to remain vigilant and report any suspected findings to the National Bee Unit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 210632 question first answered 20/10/2014 16:44:46 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

93545

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Bees: Beetles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of the beehive beetle on the honey bee population in the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	210632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Defra’s Pest Risk Analysis for the small hive beetle, including an assessment of its potential impact, has been published and can be found at <a href="http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/downloadDocument.cfm?id=945" target="_blank">www.nationalbeeunit.com/downloadDocument.cfm?id=945</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Exports of bees are banned from an area of 100 km around the outbreak and the Italian authorities are taking steps to eradicate the beetle.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As a precaution, in addition to inspecting recent exports of bees to England and Wales, Defra has alerted and provided advisory leaflets on the small hive beetle to the Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate, the Horticulture Marketing Inspectorate, and trade associations representing importers of plant produce. We have asked them to remain vigilant and report any suspected findings to the National Bee Unit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 210631 question first answered 20/10/2014 16:44:46 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson