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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Neonicotinoids (24 January 2022)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason he has granted permission for the use of Cruiser SB.

Asked by:
Fleur Anderson (Labour)

Answer

A detailed statement of reasons for the decision on the application for emergency authorisation for the use of Cruiser SB on sugar beet crops in 2022 has been published on gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neonicotinoid-product-as-seed-treatment-for-sugar-beet-emergency-authorisation-application.

The Secretary of State found that requirements for emergency authorisation were met and that there are clear and substantial benefits to crop production from the use of Cruiser SB in a year with high pest pressures. Potential risks to bees can be mitigated to a low level and, with strict conditions being placed upon use, are outweighed by the benefits of use in these circumstances.

A threshold has been applied to the decision such that the seed treatment may only go ahead should the threshold be met.


Answered by:
Victoria Prentis (Conservative)
31 January 2022

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