Question follow-through · 38314
Hornets: Non-native Species
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to establish a fully (a) funded, (b) staffed and (c) equipped national Asian Hornet Task Force to tackle the threat posed by the Asian Hornet Wasp.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 13 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 20 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to establish a fully (a) funded, (b) staffed and (c) equipped national Asian Hornet Task Force to tackle the threat posed by the Asian Hornet Wasp.
17 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Mar 2025
Answer published
The response to Yellow-legged hornet (YLH) also known as Asian hornet, is carried out by the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s (APHA) National Bee Unit (NBU). The NBU has been taking action against YLH since 2016 and has developed a fine-tuned response. In...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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