Question follow-through · 4504
Neonicotinoids: Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to reduce the levels of fipronil and imidacloprid in UK waters.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 5 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 12 Sept 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to reduce the levels of fipronil and imidacloprid in UK waters.
11 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Government and Regulators are engaging with pharmaceutical companies to improve information on use and disposal of their products to help minimise the risk to the environment and human health. The Environment Agency (EA) is also working with the Royal...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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