Question follow-through · 15195
Fertilisers and Pesticides: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the environmental impacts of (a) synthetic nitrogen fertilisers, (b) pesticides and (c) neonicotinoids; and what steps she is taking in respo
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 1 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Pedestrian Areas: Conservation · 28 Aug 2026
- Pets: Tagging · 28 Aug 2026
- Pets: Theft · 28 Aug 2026
- Pets: Theft · 28 Aug 2026
- Food: Waste · 28 Aug 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
1 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the environmental impacts of (a) synthetic nitrogen fertilisers, (b) pesticides and (c) neonicotinoids; and what steps she is taking in respo
6 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jul 2026
Answer published
We know that the production of inorganic fertilisers is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions and that the poor application of all fertilisers can have negative environmental impacts. We are supportive of all routes to more sustainable fertilis...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Pedestrian Areas: Conservation
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of requiring nature conservation volunteers to pay for a three-year licence to restore and manage roadside grass verges
Pets: Tagging
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assesement her Department have made of the potential merits of a microchip database for pets to help reunite (a) stolen and (b) missing pets with their owner.
Pets: Theft
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of pets reunited with their owner following (a) theft and (b) going missing.
Pets: Theft
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in what way the animal welfare strategy mitigates the risk of pet theft.
Food: Waste
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support food banks and local charities to prevent supermarket food waste in North East Hampshire constituency.
Water Supply: Waste
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of progress against the Environment Agency's leakage reduction targets of 17 per cent by 2030 and 50 per cent by 2050; an
Droughts: Water Companies
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department provides water companies on the minimum period that should be allowed for public responses to statutory Drought Plan consultations and corresponding calls