Question follow-through · 50005
Pesticides: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what disposal schemes exist for banned pesticides.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 2 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 May 2025
- Answer
- 12 May 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what disposal schemes exist for banned pesticides.
7 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 May 2025
Answer published
For all pesticides, there are legal requirements to store the product securely and dispose safely of any surplus. It is illegal to use or store any plant protection product (pesticide) that is no longer authorised. Professional users in possession of unau...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Plastics: Waste
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Whisky: Origin Marking
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her decision to agree to the English Whisky Guild application for a Geographical Indication for English Whisky on distilleries in Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey constituency.
Whisky: Origin Marking
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she had discussions with the Scottish Government before announcing the decision to agree to the English Whisky Guild application for a Geographical Indication for English Whisky.
Whisky: Origin Marking
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