Question follow-through · 7702
Pesticides
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the maximum residue level of 49 pesticide residues between 2022 and 2024 on levels of pesticide residues on food; and
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 7 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the maximum residue level of 49 pesticide residues between 2022 and 2024 on levels of pesticide residues on food; and
9 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Government’s first priority with regard to pesticides is to ensure that they will not harm people or pose unacceptable risks to the environment. We will continue to base decisions on the use of pesticides on careful scientific assessment of the risks....
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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