| Heading: |
Bees: Imports |
| Question ID: |
1826457 |
| UIN: |
HL9859 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3789 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Teverson
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| Asking Member handle: |
lordtev
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@lordtev
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government how many queen honeybees have been imported into Great Britain via Northern Ireland since 2021. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-08-05 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
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: |
All consignments of honey bee queens imported into Northern Ireland (NI) must be accompanied by health certificates confirming that the area the bees originated from is free of certain pests and diseases. The health certificate must be issued no more than... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |