Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Martin Caton (Labour), on Thursday, 13 January 2011, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 77 members in total.

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IMPACT OF NEONICOTINOID PESTICIDES ON BEES AND OTHER INVERTEBRATES

That this House is gravely concerned by the contents of a recently leaked memo from the the US Environment Protection Agency whose scientists warn that bees and other non-target invertebrates are at risk from a new neonicotinoid pesticide and that tests in the US approval process are insufficient to detect the environmental damage caused; acknowledges that these findings reflect the conclusions of a 2009 `Buglife' report that identified similar inadequacies in the European approval regime with regard to neonicotinoids; notes reports that bee populations have soared in four European countries that have banned these chemicals; and therefore calls on the Government to act urgently to suspend all existing approvals for products containing neonicotinoids and fipronil pending more exhaustive tests and the development of international methodologies for properly assessing the long-term effects of systemic pesticides on invertebrate populations.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1267 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Glenda Jackson

Mark Durkan

Mike Hancock

Stephen Williams

Subjects

Animals Diseases

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk