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Pesticides: Sustainable Development

Written question asked by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour) on Wednesday, 4 November 2020, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 4 November 2020. It was answered by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative) on Wednesday, 4 November 2020 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 20 October (HL Deb, col 1471), what is the timetable for the consultation on the update to the UK National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides.

Answer

The revised UK National Action Plan or the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (NAP) is currently under ministerial review. The public consultation is due to be published in November. This will be a full public consultation lasting 12 weeks and we are actively encouraging a range of stakeholders to provide their views. All responses will be carefully considered.

About this written question

Reference

HL9419

Session

2019-21

Agriculture Bill
Tuesday, 20 October 2020
Proceeding contributions
House of Lords

Subjects

Pesticides

Sustainable development

Link

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