Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 75063
Pesticides: Local Government
Tabled: 4 September 2025
Answered: 10 September 2025
Question
Jonathan Davies
Labour — Mid Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support local authorities to (a) reduce and (b) replace their use of pesticides.
Answer
Emma HardyThe Government’s first priority with regard to pesticides is to ensure that they will not harm people or animal health or pose unacceptable risks to the environment.There is a legal requirement to minimise the use of pesticides along roads and in areas us...
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