Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 21 November 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment she has made of the potential benefits of ragwort to invertebrate biodiversity.
DEFRA recognises that where there is no threat to animal welfare, common ragwort provides many benefits to biodiversity; in particular, it supports a variety of invertebrates, such as moth caterpillars, including the Cinnabar moth, as well as thrips, plant bugs, flies, beetles and mites.
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