Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 30493

Pesticides: Regulation

Tabled: 10 February 2025
Answered: 25 February 2025

Question

Alison Bennett

Liberal DemocratMid Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to change pesticide maximum residue level regulations in Great Britain to align with the EU regime still in place in Northern Ireland.

Answer

Emma Hardy
GB operates a pesticides regime based on assimilated EU law and continues to base decisions on the use of pesticides on careful scientific assessment. This includes maximum residue levels, which are set below, and usually well below, the level considered ...

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