Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 17976

Neonicotinoids

Tabled: 13 July 2026
Answered: 16 July 2026

Question

Yasmin Qureshi

LabourBolton 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 Hardy
The 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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