Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 111306

Pesticides: EU Law

Tabled: 5 February 2026

Answered: 12 February 2026

Question

Julia Buckley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact the EU’s bans on certain pesticides and fungicides taking effect and the UK’s planned alignment in June 2027 on British farmers.

Answer

Emma Hardy

The Government has agreed with the EU to establish a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) area, by way of an SPS Agreement. Plant protection products like pesticides and fungicides are in scope of that Agreement. Defra’s assessment of the potential imp...

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