Question follow-through · 24630
Neonicotinoids
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of neonicotinoids that have been used since 2020 following an emergency authorisation on wildlife.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 17 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2025 · 17 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
17 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of neonicotinoids that have been used since 2020 following an emergency authorisation on wildlife.
21 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2025
Answer published
Three neonicotinoids – clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam – are not permitted for general use because of the risks they pose to pollinators. However, emergency authorisations were granted by the previous Government for the use of the thiamethoxam...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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