Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 34737

Neonicotinoids

Tabled: 28 February 2025

Answered: 24 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Harriet Cross

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to ban the use of neonicotinoids in UK agriculture.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

Three neonicotinoids – clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam – have not been authorised for general use as pesticides since 2018 because of the risks they pose to pollinators. An application for emergency use of the neonicotinoid pesticide Cruiser S...

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