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To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to support European Commission proposals, to be discussed at the Standing Committee on Phytopharmaceuticals on 14 March, to reduce the use of a range of neonicotinoid pesticides hazardous to honey bees.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to support European Commission proposals, to be discussed at the Standing Committee on Phytopharmaceuticals on 14 March, to reduce the use of a range of neonicotinoid pesticides hazardous to honey bees.
My Lords, the Government take very seriously the need to protect honey bees and other pollinators. We are completing our scientific assessment of neonicotinoids and have carried out new field trials. We have urged the Commission to base any proposal on a proper assessment of the science and not to make a hasty decision which might have significant knock-on impacts. We have concerns about the Commission’s current proposal as it does not appear to follow this course.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of damage to bee populations across the United Kingdom and Europe associated with neonicotinoids, they will vote in favour of a suspension of the neonicotinoids pesticides clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiametoxam at the EU Agricultural Council Meeting on 25 February.[HL5387]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of damage to bee populations across the United Kingdom and Europe associated with neonicotinoids, they will vote in favour of a suspension of the neonicotinoids pesticides clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiametoxam at the EU Agricultural Council Meeting on 25 February.[HL5387]
The European Commission has made a draft proposal for regulatory action on neonicotinoid insecticides which is scheduled for discussion at the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health meeting on 14 and 15 March 2013. The Government will consider this carefully.
Lords debate on motion to take note of the decline in honey bees in 2012 and of measures to combat the prevalence of disease in bee colonies. Agreed to on question.
Lords debate on motion to take note of the decline in honey bees in 2012 and of measures to combat the prevalence of disease in bee colonies. Agreed to on question.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will introduce measures to support bee keeping, in the light of the experience of damage to the bee population and its effects in 2012.[HL3643]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will introduce measures to support bee keeping, in the light of the experience of damage to the bee population and its effects in 2012.[HL3643]
Defra recognises that this has been a difficult year for beekeeping due to the poor summer weather. However, a number of measures are already in place to support beekeeping. Since the Healthy Bees Plan was launched in April 2009, the Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera), on behalf of Defra and the Welsh Government, has been working in partnership with beekeeping stakeholders on a number of initiatives to deliver the plan's objectives to improve honey bee health.
Beekeepers also benefit from Defra's bee health programme under which Fera's National Bee Unit (NBU) delivers a free inspection and comprehensive education programme on a wide range of beekeeping issues. The aim of the programme is to control the spread of statutory pests and diseases and improve beekeepers' disease recognition and husbandry skills.
Details of the implementation of the Healthy Bees Plan and the Bee Health Programme are available on the NBU's BeeBase website.
In addition, advice for beekeepers is published on BeeBase in response to topical issues, such as information on the importance of maintaining colony food levels to avoid starvation, which was published twice during the poor summer.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the role played in the die-off of honey bees in 2012 of pesticides, parasites, disease and poor nutrition; and whether they will increase the research budget directed at combating disease and rejuvenating bee hives.[HL3644]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the role played in the die-off of honey bees in 2012 of pesticides, parasites, disease and poor nutrition; and whether they will increase the research budget directed at combating disease and rejuvenating bee hives.[HL3644]
The Food and Environment Research Agency's National Bee Unit monitors colony losses as part of its Bee Health Programme. The main factor affecting honey bee health this year has been the exceptionally poor weather conditions. However, in season colony losses were 5% of colonies inspected, which is similar to last year.
Defra is currently providing £2.5 million over five years (from 2010-11) towards the £10 million Insect Pollinators Initiative which is being jointly funded with the Scottish Government, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Wellcome Trust. The initiative's projects are looking at different aspects of the decline of insect pollinators. Of the nine projects being funded, two specifically focus on honey bees and six will benefit both honey bees and bumblebees.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will take steps to address the findings of the British Beekeepers Association 2012 Honey Survey which highlighted a 72% drop in average yields.[HL3645]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will take steps to address the findings of the British Beekeepers Association 2012 Honey Survey which highlighted a 72% drop in average yields.[HL3645]
The British Beekeepers Association's (BBKA's) 2012 Honey Survey acknowledges that rain and cold weather this summer were the major factors affecting honey supplies. The BBKA also recognised that training and education of beekeepers is important to enable them to deal effectively with adverse weather conditions such as have been experienced this year. A key objective of the Healthy Bees Plan, which was launched in April 2009 by Defra and the Welsh Government, is the improvement of beekeepers' husbandry skills to enable them to become more self reliant. The Food and Environment Research Agency has been working in partnership with beekeeping stakeholders on a number of initiatives to deliver this objective.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the National Bee Unit will publish an assessment of the 2012 honey production levels, the extent of notifiable diseases in United Kingdom honey bees during the year, and new measures to address the management of disease and varroa mite in bee colonies.[HL3646]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the National Bee Unit will publish an assessment of the 2012 honey production levels, the extent of notifiable diseases in United Kingdom honey bees during the year, and new measures to address the management of disease and varroa mite in bee colonies.[HL3646]
The Food and Environment Research Agency's (Fera) National Bee Unit (NBU) has not made an assessment of the 2012 honey production levels but recognises that that this has been a difficult year for beekeeping due to the poor summer weather.
Details of the incidence of the notifiable diseases (European Foul Brood (EFB) and American Foul Brood (AFB)) in England, Wales and Scotland are available on the NBU's BeeBase website.
Fera is currently reviewing the policies in place to address key pests and disease risks of honey bees and the associated surveillance and implementation programme. This includes the management of the notifiable pests and diseases and also endemic pests, such as the Varroa mite.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the object of the school games level 3 both at pilot and national level remains the provision of inter-school competitive sport for talented young people; and, if so, how many individual schools entered competitors under the names of their own school into competitions at...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the object of the school games level 3 both at pilot and national level remains the provision of inter-school competitive sport for talented young people; and, if so, how many individual schools entered competitors under the names of their own school into competitions at...