Question follow-through · 2026
Pesticides: Neonicotinoids
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the pesticide Cruiser SB is properly assessed before being authorised for use.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 29 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 3 Sept 2024 · 36 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
29 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the pesticide Cruiser SB is properly assessed before being authorised for use.
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Sept 2024
Answer published
Pesticides are strictly regulated based on the risks and benefits of use. The Government will always take decisions according to these legal requirements and with full consideration of the evidence. This government recognises that nature is at a crisis po...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Agriculture: Grants
12 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of temporarily closing the capital grants scheme for new applications on farmers.
Agriculture: Innovation
6 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support the development of new agricultural technologies.
River Lymington: Tides
13 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information the Environment Agency has received from the Oceanographic School at Southampton University on hightide levels at Lymington harbour.
Countryside Stewardship Scheme: New Forest
13 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to replace the higher level stewardship provision to commoners in the New Forest.
New Forest
13 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) review and (b) update the Ministers mandate for the New Forest.
Grasslands: Conservation
3 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will add irreplaceable meadows to the list of irreplaceable habitats.
Environmental Land Management Schemes: Common Land
15 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will instruct the Rural Payments Agency to implement a manual system to process applications for ELM schemes on Common land.