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Bedbugs: Environmental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the inclusion of bed bugs within the remit of Environmental Health England.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Feb 2025
Target answer date
6 Feb 2025
Answer
14 Feb 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the inclusion of bed bugs within the remit of Environmental Health England.

  2. 6 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    There have been no discussions between the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the inclusion of bedbugs within the remit of Environmental Health England.The Department of Health and Social Car...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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