Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 95284
Glyphosate: Regulation
Tabled: 27 November 2025
Answered: 2 December 2025
Named DayQuestion
Alison Bennett
Liberal Democrat — Mid 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 HardyDefra 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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