Question follow-through · 111306
Pesticides: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact the EU’s bans on certain pesticides and fungicides taking effect and the UK’s planned alignment in June 2027 on British farmers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 12 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact the EU’s bans on certain pesticides and fungicides taking effect and the UK’s planned alignment in June 2027 on British farmers.
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Government has agreed with the EU to establish a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) area, by way of an SPS Agreement. Plant protection products like pesticides and fungicides are in scope of that Agreement. Defra’s assessment of the potential imp...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Flood and Water Management Act 2010
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department intends to bring section 42 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 into force.