Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 8713
Larger Eight-toothed European Spruce Bark Beetles
Tabled: 11 October 2024
Answered: 18 October 2024
Question
Alex Mayer
Labour — Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in European countries on mitigating the spread of the Ips typographus tree pest.
Answer
Mary CreaghIps typographus is present in most of continental Europe, where it is not a regulated pest. In recent years, large populations have built up across western and central Europe causing extensive damage and mortality of spruce trees. Beetles routinely caught...
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