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Scottish Government Publication (Progress report)
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate

Apr. 03 2024

Source Page: Bee Health Improvement Partnership: annual report 2022 to 2023
Document: Bee Health Improvement Partnership (BHIP) : Annual Report 2022 – 2023 (PDF)

Found: to help maintain the health and wellbeing of honey bees .

Westminster Hall
Hedgerows: Legal Protection - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) Hedges are also home to precious pollinators, without which we would all go hungry. - Speech Link
2: Sarah Dyke (LD - Somerton and Frome) have spoken before about the importance of cider in my part of Somerset, and one of the best pollinators - Speech Link
3: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) pollinators to shelter and hibernate in; and of course they sequester carbon. - Speech Link

Select Committee
Buglife
 INS0046 - Insect decline and UK food security

Written Evidence Nov. 14 2023

Inquiry: Insect decline and UK food security
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Found: INS0046 - Insect decline and UK food security Buglife Written Evidence

Written Question
Neonicotinoids: Pollinators
Thursday 19th October 2023

Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account her Department took when authorising the use of the neonicotinoid Cruiser SB in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022 of research on the effects of neonicotinoids on (i) bees and (ii) other pollinators.

Answered by Mark Spencer - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The EU withdrew approval for the outdoor use of three neonicotinoid pesticides (clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam) on any crops, including crops such as sugar beet which are harvested prior to flowering, due to the risk of harmful effects on pollinators, in December 2018.

The UK supported this move, and this has not changed. The restrictions on neonicotinoids were justified by the growing weight of scientific evidence that they are harmful to bees and other pollinators. This restriction remains in place.

In considering the applications for use of Cruiser SB on sugar beet in 2021 and 2022, a range of evidence was considered on the impacts of the proposed use of the product on people, pollinators, and the environment. Information on these decisions can be found here.

Select Committee
Second Report - Insect decline and UK food security

Report Mar. 07 2024

Committee: Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Found: Second Report - Insect decline and UK food security HC 326 Report

General Committees
Draft Management of Hedgerows (England) Regulations 2024 - Wed 08 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) Hedgerows are brilliant for our pollinators as habitats, and provide food for them from the flowers within - Speech Link
2: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) As we have heard, they serve as habitats for a huge array of wildlife, including bats, birds and bees - Speech Link
3: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) That was heavily debated and assessed, and that is the reason for it. - Speech Link

Grand Committee
Food and Biological Security: Agricultural Fungicide - Thu 23 Nov 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Walmsley (LD - Life peer) The challenge is to control the one without damaging the other or, indeed, insect pollinators and our - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) the use of fungicides.The noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, talked about the importance of protecting pollinators - Speech Link

Scottish Government Publication (Minutes)
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate

Jan. 11 2024

Source Page: Bee Health Improvement Partnership minutes: December 2023
Document: Bee Health Improvement Partnership minutes: December 2023 (webpage)

Found: in Scotland and whether there was a need for fresh ideas and opinions from new members.

Written Question
Pesticides: Neonicotinoids
Thursday 19th October 2023

Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the implications for her policies of the effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on pollinators.

Answered by Mark Spencer - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The EU withdrew approval for the outdoor use of three neonicotinoid pesticides (clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam) on any crops, including crops such as sugar beet which are harvested prior to flowering, due to the risk of harmful effects on pollinators, in December 2018.

The UK supported this move, and this has not changed. The restrictions on neonicotinoids were justified by the growing weight of scientific evidence that they are harmful to bees and other pollinators. This restriction remains in place.

In considering the applications for use of Cruiser SB on sugar beet in 2021 and 2022, a range of evidence was considered on the impacts of the proposed use of the product on people, pollinators, and the environment. Information on these decisions can be found here.

Select Committee
2023-11-29 09:30:00+00:00

Oral Evidence Nov. 29 2023

Inquiry: Insect decline and UK food security
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Found: The focus on pollinators, wasps and bees, suggests that we would want to look at those.