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Commons Chamber
Agriculture Bill
Report stage - Wed 13 May 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Eleanor Laing (CON - Epping Forest) regulations in relation to animal health and welfare, plant health and environmental protection, and - Speech Link
2: Rosie Winterton (LAB - Doncaster Central) regulations in relation to animal health and welfare, plant health and environmental protection, and - Speech Link
3: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) protecting habitats and promoting biodiversity, so that we see a return of nesting birds, pollinators - Speech Link
4: Caroline Lucas (GRN - Brighton, Pavilion) This is a really serious omission, given the harm that pesticides cause to insect life, including bees - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Restoring Nature and Climate Change - Mon 28 Oct 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: David Tredinnick (CON - Bosworth) Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and others. - Speech Link
2: Caroline Nokes (CON - Romsey and Southampton North) , crucially, pollinators to thrive.I have probably said enough. - Speech Link
3: Justin Madders (LAB - Ellesmere Port and Neston) all harmful pesticides, such as neonicotinoids, which we believe pose a serious risk of harm to honey bees - Speech Link
4: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) Friends the Members for Bristol East and for Ellesmere Port and Neston, and the right hon. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Animal Health, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 - Mon 13 May 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Hylton (CB - Excepted Hereditary) Other, lesser infections and importations have affected chestnut trees, oak and larch, and one hopes - Speech Link
2: None It is something we have flagged up time and again and we cannot say that too often. - Speech Link
3: Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated - Life peer) GM crops, seeds and food. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 09 May 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Robert Goodwill (CON - Scarborough and Whitby) Friend and Mr Martin. - Speech Link
2: Huw Merriman (CON - Bexhill and Battle) parliamentary group for bees and pollinators discusses how we can green the parliamentary estate and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Environment and Climate Change - Wed 01 May 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Michael Gove (CON - Surrey Heath) I am very happy to see more bees and other pollinators taking flight. - Speech Link
2: Huw Merriman (CON - Bexhill and Battle) a good game in Parliament, the parliamentary estate is an appalling environment for our pollinators? - Speech Link
3: George Freeman (CON - Mid Norfolk) and its belief in prosperity—in giving and taking responsibility and in the principle of mutuality and - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Insect Population - Wed 20 Mar 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) we need to go if we are to protect our pollinators and other insects? - Speech Link
2: Bill Grant (CON - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) Gentleman think that initiatives such as the healthy bees plan and the National Bee Unit should be extended - Speech Link
3: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) We cannot protect only the bees, because they will not survive on their own without the abundance and - Speech Link
4: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) If we need to intervene and if we have to replace the natural pollinators with artificial pollinators - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Insect Population - Tue 19 Mar 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated - Life peer) There are over 24,000 species in Britain, around 1,500 of which are pollinators. - Speech Link
2: Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated - Life peer) That is why the department has supported the Bees’ Needs campaign and why Carnaby Street was renamed - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops) , particularly bees? - Speech Link
4: Baroness Parminter (LDEM - Life peer) My Lords, the overuse of pesticides is a major contributor to the serious decline in our bees. - Speech Link
5: Lord Lilley (CON - Life peer) therefore protect the pollinators. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Modern Farming and the Environment - Tue 12 Mar 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Colin Clark (CON - Gordon) I was asked about bees. - Speech Link
2: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) the wording required in the Bill, we all need to do far more to improve soil quality.The decline in bees - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) It is not just about wolves and beavers and all the other wildlife; home-grown mink and foxes need to - Speech Link
4: Bill Grant (CON - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) However, pollinators such as bees are to be encouraged, as they are crucial to a healthy environment. - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 - Wed 06 Mar 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Thérèse Coffey (CON - Suffolk Coastal) We had some back and forth legal debate between Government lawyers and the RSPB, and to make sure the - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) Loss of habitat is one of the main contributors to the decline of bees and other insects across the world - Speech Link
3: Thérèse Coffey (CON - Suffolk Coastal) and to maintain or, where appropriate, restore threatened and vulnerable habitats and species to favourable - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 - Tue 12 Feb 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated - Life peer) or on food and feed of plant and animal origin. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Parminter (LDEM - Life peer) The products are widely used in agriculture and industry and in people’s gardens and homes. - Speech Link
3: None I am responsible for pollinators in Defra and assure the noble Lord that I am very proud of the two beehives - Speech Link