A question on #PestControl tabled by Alex Mayer on 25-11-2024 has been answered by Mary Creagh.

Heading: Pest Control
Question ID: 1744447
UIN: 15946
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2024-11-25
Asking Member ID: 5141
Asking Member display name: Alex Mayer
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Alex Mayer
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote (a) safer and (b) environmentally friendly pest control alternatives to rodenticide for (i) residential and (ii) commercial use.
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Date answered: 2024-12-03
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Answering Member ID: 1579
Answering Member display name: Mary Creagh
Answering Member handle: marycreagh_
Answering Member Twitter reference: @marycreagh_
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Answer text: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is responsible for approving biocidal products such as rodenticides. To ensure that the risks associated with professional use of anticoagulant rodenticides could be properly managed, the UK Government worked with ind...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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