Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 95284

Glyphosate: Regulation

Tabled: 27 November 2025
Answered: 2 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Alison Bennett

Liberal DemocratMid Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the government plans to further regulate use by local authorities of glyphosate herbicides.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Defra is not planning on further regulating glyphosate use by local authorities. There is a legal requirement to minimise the use of pesticides along roads and in areas used by the public. It is for each Local Authority to decide the best way of deliverin...

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