Question follow-through · 4417
Neonicotinoids
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to change existing policies to prevent the use of neonicotinoid pesticides.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 5 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 13 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
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- Fish Farming: Animal Welfare · 4 Oct 2024
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- Food: Public Sector · 16 Oct 2024
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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, when he plans to change existing policies to prevent the use of neonicotinoid pesticides.
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Sept 2024
Answer published
This Government is committed to preventing the use of those neonicotinoid pesticides that threaten our vital pollinators. At this stage, officials are currently determining the most effective way to implement this commitment.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Fish Farming: Animal Welfare
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Farmers: Income
14 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that farmers have a stable income.
Food: Public Sector
16 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to publish a response to the consultation in 2022 on public sector food and catering policy.
Weedkillers: Regulation
20 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of prohibiting the use of weed killers such as glyphosate.
Hornets
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle Asian hornets.
Environment Agency: River Wear
13 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her department has made to a) strengthen the Environment Agency and b) support the EAs work to improve the condition of the River Wear.
Environment Agency: River Wear
24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to question 120636 a) what information her Department holds on the investigations and interventions; and b) is this information publicly available.
Tobacco: Community Interest Companies
19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department considers that the Community Interest company Clean Streets is part of the tobacco industry.
Pigs: Animal Housing
9 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she intends to publish the consultation on phasing out the use of fallow farming crates.
Pigs: Animal Housing
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