Sugar Beet: Neonicotinoids - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:28 pm on 15 December 2021.

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Photo of Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Conservative 3:28, 15 December 2021

Will my noble friend assure the House that all other alternative treatments will be deployed on such occasions as this? In particular, can he update the House on where we are with the organic production of sugar beet? I understand that there are alternative treatments, such as breeding aphids that will actually attack the beetle causing the damage to the sugar beet.