Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 24800

Butterflies: Neonicotinoids

Tabled: 17 January 2025

Answered: 27 January 2025

Question

Mr Toby Perkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the decision-making process on whether to grant conditional emergency authorisation to use a product containing neonicotinoids includ

Answer

Emma Hardy

Decisions on emergency authorisation applications must be taken in line with legal requirements. In making these decisions, Ministers take full account of the available evidence and expert advice, including on risks to pollinating insects. The Government ...

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