Bees Debate

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Lord Hoyle

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Agriculture: Common Agricultural Policy

Bees

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Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000: External Communications
Tuesday 30th July 2013

(11 years, 3 months ago)

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To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will implement the European Commission decision to restrict the use of neonicotinoid pesticides to protect bees.

Lord De Mauley Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord De Mauley)
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My Lords, the European Commission implementing regulation requires the new restrictions to be in place by 1 December 2013. We will introduce the restrictions from that date.

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Will all these chemicals be monitored? Will the Minister also condemn those commercial interests which are introducing foreign bees with parasites that are damaging our own species?

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