Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 17976
Neonicotinoids
Tabled: 13 July 2026
Answered: 16 July 2026
Question
Yasmin Qureshi
Labour — Bolton South and Walkden
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will commit to ending the use of the neonicotinoid acetamiprid.
Answer
Emma HardyThe Government remains committed to ending the use in England of the three neonicotinoid pesticides (thiamethoxam, clothianidin, imidacloprid) that threaten vital pollinators, including through emergency authorisations. Acetamiprid does not pose the same ...
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