Question follow-through · 13167
Fertilisers and Pesticides
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of pesticides and synthetic fertiliser on the level of nature depletion.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 25 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of pesticides and synthetic fertiliser on the level of nature depletion.
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jul 2026
Answer published
In March 2025, Defra, alongside the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government, and the Northern Ireland Executive, published the UK Pesticides National Action Plan (NAP). The NAP includes a UK domestic target to reduce the potential environmental harm fro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Birds of Prey: Rodenticides
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides found in birds of prey in England in the last ten years.
Fire Prevention
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider the views of rewilding and nature recovery experts when drafting the Wildfire Action Plan.
Nature Conservation
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will include plans to restore natural habitats in England’s next National Adaption Programme.