| Heading: |
Pesticides: Public Places |
| Question ID: |
1797283 |
| UIN: |
48175 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4776 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Munira Wilson
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| Asking Member handle: |
munirawilson
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@munirawilson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) banning and (b) reducing the use of pesticides in public spaces on (i) the natural environment and (ii) wildlife. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-30 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4645 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Emma Hardy
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The Government recognises the importance of managing public spaces sustainably and its first priority is to ensure that pesticides do not harm human or animal health or pose unacceptable risks to the environment. A pesticide may only be placed on the mark... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |