Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 10279

Sugar Beet: Neonicotinoids

Tabled: 21 October 2024
Answered: 28 October 2024

Question

Adrian Ramsay

Green PartyWaveney Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) British Sugar and (b) the National Farmers Union on emergency authorisation of the thiamethoxam containing neonicotinoid Cruiser

Answer

Emma Hardy
Defra regularly meets with both British Sugar and the National Farmers Union to discuss a range of topics such as crop development, harvest, trade and pest and disease pressures and progress in research and stewardship programmes. All applications for eme...

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