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Debate between George Eustice and Alan Whitehead
Thursday 13th February 2014
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Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test) (Lab)
In the light of the Department’s withdrawal of the funding for the EU programme on bee decline, how will the Department provide an evidenced response at the end of the two-year ban on neonicotinoids as pesticides?
George Eustice
We have a number of work streams looking at this issue, including one by the Food and Environment Research Agency, but I repeat that this Government take very seriously protecting habitats for bees and promoting pollinators. That is why it is a key part of our common agricultural policy aims.