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Bedbugs: Environmental Health

Asked by Gregory StaffordConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 14 February 2025UIN 28829

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the inclusion of bed bugs within the remit of Environmental Health England.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

There have been no discussions between the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the inclusion of bedbugs within the remit of Environmental Health England.

The Department of Health and Social Care does not have responsibility for reducing the spread of bedbugs. Further information on bedbugs is available at the following link:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bedbugs/

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