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Caroline Lucas: .... I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Nottingham East (Nadia Whittome) on securing this really important debate. I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to it. This topic has long been very close to my heart. In March 2013, I tabled an early-day motion to oppose the Government’s plan at that time to remove climate change from the national curriculum guidelines for key...
...in pesticide use, who must have been independently appointed.(2) The pollinator risk assessment report must include—(a) data examining acute and chronic effects of the relevant substance on honeybees, bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies and hoverflies,(b) all available scientific evidence relating to effects on any pollinators,(c) an assessment of synergistic effects, and(d) the...
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park: ...intently to the concerns of this House on this matter and of course I share them. Countless plants in our gardens, towns and countryside simply could not exist without pollen being spread by bees and hundreds of species of other insects. Bees and other insect pollinators contribute more than £500 million a year to UK agriculture through improving crop quality and quantity, but in truth...
Sarah Owen: ...Luton North have written to me in the short time that I have been an MP. I want our country to have the highest animal welfare standards in the world. My constituents write to me about protecting bees, and about badgers, animal testing, caging, banning fur, and so much more. Young people in particular write to me worried about the state of the planet and every creature on it. How many of...
Drew Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent analysis his Department has undertaken on the long term impacts of historical pesticide usage on (a) bee and (b) wild pollinator numbers.
Rebecca Pow: ...projects. That is very important. Pesticides were talked about a great deal. We have listened carefully, but I am confident that we have got the correct existing regulations in terms of bees and all our pollinators. I hope everyone agrees that we are bringing through some very strong and exciting measures on the protection of ancient woodlands, which I announced together. I hope the House...
Gareth Davies: ...travel. By asking councils to pursue a rewilding policy, you fail to consider the consequences of turning a green space, used for exercise and play, into a wildflower meadow. It’s great for bees, but not so great for boys and girls. Every policy has a place, but Welsh Government must ensure a holistic approach, and we must avoid unintended consequences. Diolch yn fawr.
Jenny Rathbone: ...that we've got cuts in local authority spending mean they're doing less grass cutting, but they're using that as an opportunity to plant more pollinating flowers and plants, and they've even got a bee corridor. They also have a monthly newsletter of the Brent forum, which ensures that everybody in the forum knows about what everybody else is doing. And I just wondered if there wasn't some...
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park: ...that active substances and pesticide products have “no unacceptable effects on the environment … having particular regard to its impact on non-target species”, which can include impacts on bees and other pollinators. The scientific risk assessment relies on detailed data requirements and processes, carried across from EU law at the end of the transition period. The Government will...
...product, active ingredient, safener or synergist unless it is satisfied that there will be no significant short-term negative effect, and no long-term negative effect, on the health of honeybees or wild pollinator populations.(2) A pollinator risk assessment report relating to the relevant substance must be published by an expert body.(3) The expert body must consist of individuals free...
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park: ...pesticide products and their active substances have “no unacceptable effects on the environment, having particular regard to … its impact on non-target species”, which includes impacts on bees and other important pollinators. Risk assessments made for active substances are subject to public consultation. These assessments establish the key risks posed by pesticide substances in...
Lord Randall of Uxbridge: ...their movements in areas of high artificial light. Light pollution has been identified as a serious threat in many areas biodiversity areas, but the amendment is not just for the birds and the bees. Lighting is estimated to account for 15% of global electricity consumption and 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Social inequalities in exposure to light pollution occur across urban and...
Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on maintenance of the bee population in the UK of proposals for a sugar tax.
Jessica Morden: ...the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds for its work in the Newport wetlands, the Gwent Wildlife Trust in Magor Marsh, the Rogiet wildlife-friendly village team, the Woodlanders, and the Bee Initiative at Penhow. As the young marchers we met last week said, “This is a critical decade for action to prevent climate change and for action to prevent future harm to our planet.” The...
Jim Shannon: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many bee keepers there are in the UK.
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle: To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the transmission of disease through (1) imported, or (2) internally traded, bumblebees and bumblebee hives.
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park: My Lords, I declare a personal interest in rewilding, which goes back a very long way. I am a strong advocate of supporting species recovery and have been excited to see this issue catch on. I welcome my noble friend Lord Lucas’s interest. Well-managed releases of native species, including reintroductions of formerly native species, are a really important aspect of this. However, they can...
Dawn Bowden: As the Member knows, phase 2 of the pilot events involved nine events here in Wales, including Eid and Tafwyl at Cardiff castle, We Need Bees in Brecon, and Wales versus Albania. All of those were completed successfully and work on the final report will be completed shortly. Ahead of that, many of the findings have informed some of the revised events guidance. We're still in detailed...
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch: ...can arise from close contact with pesticides. As they said, asthma, respiratory problems, skin disorders and even cancers are destroying people’s lives. Sadly, all too often, our experience has been that the health problems come to light when the damage has already been done. We discover in retrospect that what was promised to be safe turned out not to be. As the noble Baroness, Lady...
Delyth Jewell: ...recovery and changes that will prioritise healthy green and blue habitats across Wales. Today, I am proud to have with me my species champion badge: I am the species champion for the shrill carder bee, one of many species in Wales that have seen their numbers dwindle over the past few decades. Because of a loss of habitat, wildflower meadows being built on or cut back, the numbers of this...