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UK Bee Population

Proceeding contribution from Daniel Zeichner (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 14 November 2017. It occurred during Debate on UK Bee Population.

The hon. Gentleman is making a very good speech. I would like to go back to the point about the alternatives. I wonder whether he saw the observation by the excellent Bumblebee Conservation Trust, which said that

“many other non-neonicotinoid pesticides can and do cause harm to bumblebees and other pollinators, and we must ensure that neonicotinoids are not simply replaced by equally-problematic equivalents.”

Does he agree that there is a danger of a switch back to dangerous pyrethroid-based pesticides and that we equally need to guard against that?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
631 c117WH 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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