Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 76720

Pesticides

Tabled: 11 September 2025

Answered: 17 September 2025

Question

Callum Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has set any quantitative targets for the reduction in emergency-authorised pesticide applications that risk harming pollinators, following the publication of the

Answer

Emma Hardy

The new guidance makes clear that risks to people, animals and the environment, including risks to pollinators, will be taken fully into account. No pesticide will be granted an emergency authorisation unless the benefits outweigh those risks. The legisla...

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