Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 63534

Bananas: Pesticides

Tabled: 30 June 2025
Answered: 8 July 2025

Question

Andrew Rosindell

Reform UK — Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support banana-producing countries affected by the UK’s pesticide regulations; and whether his Department will help such countries identify susta

Answer

Emma Hardy
The decision to withdraw the use of the fungicide mancozeb in Great Britain does not immediately affect banana-producing countries. The UK Government recognises the importance that bilateral trade between the UK and banana-producing countries plays, in bo...
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