VoteClimate: Neonicotinoid Alternatives - 22nd April 2021

Neonicotinoid Alternatives - 22nd April 2021

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Neonicotinoid Alternatives.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-04-22/debates/1935A51C-BEFF-4724-97DE-F28838AEE723/NeonicotinoidAlternatives

Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat)

One hundred and fifty-seven of my Bath constituents have written to me since January to raise this issue. We must remember that we are in not only a climate emergency, but a nature emergency. Given that the Government made an explicit pledge to keep pesticide restrictions in place after Brexit, will the Minister commit to giving the Office for Environmental Protection the powers and resources to hold public authorities to account on environmental standards?

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