Question follow-through · 116145
Pesticides: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that approved pesticides do not pose a risk to public health.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 26 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 4 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that approved pesticides do not pose a risk to public health.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Mar 2026
Answer published
A pesticide may only be placed on the market in Great Britain (GB) if the product has been authorised by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), GB’s pesticide regulator. This only happens following a thorough scientific risk assessment that concludes all ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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