Question follow-through · 76720
Pesticides
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has set any quantitative targets for the reduction in emergency-authorised pesticide applications that risk harming pollinators, following the publication of the
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 11 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 17 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has set any quantitative targets for the reduction in emergency-authorised pesticide applications that risk harming pollinators, following the publication of the
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Sept 2025
Answer published
The new guidance makes clear that risks to people, animals and the environment, including risks to pollinators, will be taken fully into account. No pesticide will be granted an emergency authorisation unless the benefits outweigh those risks. The legisla...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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