| Heading: |
Pets: Insecticides |
| Question ID: |
1759537 |
| UIN: |
HL4483 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-28 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4719 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
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| Asking Member handle: |
natalieben
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@natalieben
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) regulation of topical flea and tick treatments for pets; and (2) of a recent University of Sussex study on the impact of these chemicals on songbird reproduction. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-11 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4395 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
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| Answering Member handle: |
suehayman1
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@suehayman1
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| Answer text: |
1) Parasiticides play an important role in the protecting of animal health from fleas, ticks, and vector-borne diseases, and in protecting human health from zoonotic transfer of disease. Therefore, their regulation requires a careful balance between effec... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |