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- Written Answers — Education: Children: Day Care (21 May 2013)
Elizabeth Truss: ... 28 November Save Our Nurseries and Montessori Schools Association 29 November 4 Children 18 December Action for Children 19 December Childcare roundtable with providers: 4 Children Busy Bees London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) Bright Horizons Kids Unlimited National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) 2013 10 January Busy Bees Benefits 10...
- Outdoor Activities — Motion to Take Note (16 May 2013)
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer: ...it is on that that I am going to concentrate today. In my lifetime, our lives have certainly become much more constrained to being indoors, in cars and in front of screens. It is a fact that has been reported widely that children play out less, are driven about more and spend more time in front of TVs and games consoles. My noble friend laid out some of the reasons why that is dangerous....
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Community Orchards (16 May 2013)
John Bercow: Order. I do not wish to be unkind to the hon. Member for Colchester (Sir Bob Russell), but I want speedily to move on from fruit to bees. I call Mr David Nuttall.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Bee Population (16 May 2013)
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- Written Answers — House of Lords: Bees (14 May 2013)
Lord Hylton: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what evidence they have so far received of harm to bees, both domesticated and wild, from the use of neonicotinoid insecticides.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Agriculture: Pesticides (25 April 2013)
Lord de Mauley: ...commissioned the following projects, which are currently examining aspects of the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on insect pollinators: PS2370 "Interpretation of pesticide residues in honeybees". The aim is to assess the pesticide residue levels in apparently healthy UK honeybee colonies in urban and rural environments and to determine if there is any clear correlation between the...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Bees (25 April 2013)
Lord Hylton: To ask Her Majesty's Government what evidence they have received regarding the dangers to bees of the use of neonicotinoid insecticides; and what action they propose to take to protect bee populations.
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Bees (25 April 2013)
Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with his counterparts in other European countries and in the EU on strategies to protect bee populations.
- Prime Minister: Engagements (24 April 2013) See 1 other result from this debate
Joan Walley: Will the Prime Minister give careful consideration to the recommendations of the Environmental Audit Committee report on bees, other pollinators and pesticides? On Monday next week, will he give his Government’s backing to the European Commission’s proposed moratorium on the use of three neonicotinoids?
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Bees: Pesticides (24 April 2013)
Andrew Bridgen: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he plans to take in response to the findings in relation to bee health of the recent peer reviews of risk assessments of neonicotinoid pesticides undertaken by the European Food Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement.
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Bees: Pesticides (24 April 2013)
Margaret Ritchie: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the impact on bees of the use of neonicotinoid pesticides.
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Pesticides (23 April 2013) See 1 other result from this answer
Nick Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his policy is on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides; and what assessment he has made of the use of such pesticides on bee populations.
- Public Bill Committee: Children and Families Bill: Clause 73 - Childminder agencies (18 April 2013) See 1 other result from this clause
Jo Swinson: ...this pair of new clauses and in thinking about the issue in general, that we recognise that providers will still be able to operate on their current ratios, if that is the best model for them; Busy Bees is an example of a provider that might choose to do so. Many providers do not go to the maximum ratio allowed. They often staff their nurseries or childminding services to a higher ratio,...
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Bees (15 April 2013)
Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent steps he has taken to protect and encourage the UK's bee population.
- Bee Health (26 March 2013) See 9 other results from this debate
David Heath: ...my hon. Friend the hon. Member for Truro and Falmouth (Sarah Newton) not only on securing a debate on an important subject, but on the balanced way that she presented her arguments. A healthy bee population is crucial not only to agriculture, but to the environment and the economy, so we have to get this right. I have a record of raising these issues when in opposition: some five or six...
- Written Ministerial Statements — Business, Innovation and Skills: Agriculture and Fisheries Council (26 March 2013)
Owen Paterson: ...necessary, and this now forms part of the position. I made it clear that I shared the European Parliament’s opposition to this approach. Although several member states wanted to extend sugar beet quotas to 2020, I worked with other member states to persuade the Council to agree that they will end in 2017. I am disappointed that they will continue beyond the date previously set for...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Badgers (26 March 2013) See 1 other result from this answer
Lord Lucas: ...of any badger cull they plan to conduct research in the affected areas, and in suitable control areas, on the effects of the cull on invertebrate and vertebrate populations, in particular bumble-bees and hedgehogs.
- Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: EU: Agriculture and Fisheries Council (26 March 2013)
Lord de Mauley: ...were necessary, and this now forms part of the position. I made it clear that I shared the European Parliament's opposition to this approach. Although several member states wanted to extend sugar beet quotas to 2020, I worked with other member states to persuade the council to agree that they will end in 2017. I am disappointed that they will continue beyond the date previously set for...
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Bees (26 March 2013)
Barry Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans his Department has to reverse the decline in the bee population.