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Hornets: Non-native Species |
| Question ID: |
1798685 |
| UIN: |
HL6992 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-29 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4282 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the threat presented by Asian hornets to native biodiversity; and what action, if any, they propose to take in response. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-09 |
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false |
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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: |
A risk assessment was completed for Vespa velutina nigrithorax, the Asian hornet in 2011. The assessment concluded that Asian hornets eat a wide range of insect species including honey bees and that if this species were to become established in the UK, it... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |