Question follow-through · 11647
Pollinators: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to protect (a) bees and (b) other pollinators.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 22 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to protect (a) bees and (b) other pollinators.
24 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jun 2026
Answer published
Defra protects honeybee health through delivery of the Healthy Bees Plan 2030, and measures to monitor and manage bee pest and disease risks. We will produce a refreshed Pollinator Action Plan as part of the Environmental Improvement Plan and coordinate ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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