Question follow-through · 34555

Bees: Pesticides

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of harmful pesticides on the number of bees in Hertfordshire.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
4 Mar 2025
Answer
4 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of harmful pesticides on the number of bees in Hertfordshire.

  2. 4 Mar 2025

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  3. 4 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Defra has not made a specific assessment of the potential impact of pesticides on Hertfordshire’s bee population. Defra funds a monitoring programme providing information about the concentrations of different pesticides in honey collected from beehives ac...

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