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Neonicotinoids: Bees

Asked by Dan NorrisIndependentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 2 August 2024UIN 1630

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the continued use of neonicotinoid pesticides on bee populations.

Answered by Emma Hardy

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.

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