Question follow-through · 95284
Glyphosate: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the government plans to further regulate use by local authorities of glyphosate herbicides.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 27 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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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
27 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the government plans to further regulate use by local authorities of glyphosate herbicides.
2 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Dec 2025
Answer published
Defra is not planning on further regulating glyphosate use by local authorities. There is a legal requirement to minimise the use of pesticides along roads and in areas used by the public. It is for each Local Authority to decide the best way of deliverin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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