Question follow-through · 25802
Pesticides: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of placing a levy on pesticides.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 28 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
22 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of placing a levy on pesticides.
24 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Government is not currently considering a levy on pesticides products.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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