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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 09 May 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Robert Goodwill (CON - Scarborough and Whitby) Friend and Mr Martin. - Speech Link
2: Huw Merriman (CON - Bexhill and Battle) parliamentary group for bees and pollinators discusses how we can green the parliamentary estate and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Environment and Climate Change - Wed 01 May 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Michael Gove (CON - Surrey Heath) I am very happy to see more bees and other pollinators taking flight. - Speech Link
2: Huw Merriman (CON - Bexhill and Battle) a good game in Parliament, the parliamentary estate is an appalling environment for our pollinators? - Speech Link
3: George Freeman (CON - Mid Norfolk) and its belief in prosperity—in giving and taking responsibility and in the principle of mutuality and - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Insect Population - Wed 20 Mar 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) we need to go if we are to protect our pollinators and other insects? - Speech Link
2: Bill Grant (CON - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) Gentleman think that initiatives such as the healthy bees plan and the National Bee Unit should be extended - Speech Link
3: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) We cannot protect only the bees, because they will not survive on their own without the abundance and - Speech Link
4: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) If we need to intervene and if we have to replace the natural pollinators with artificial pollinators - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Insect Population - Tue 19 Mar 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated - Life peer) There are over 24,000 species in Britain, around 1,500 of which are pollinators. - Speech Link
2: Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated - Life peer) That is why the department has supported the Bees’ Needs campaign and why Carnaby Street was renamed - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops) , particularly bees? - Speech Link
4: Baroness Parminter (LDEM - Life peer) My Lords, the overuse of pesticides is a major contributor to the serious decline in our bees. - Speech Link
5: Lord Lilley (CON - Life peer) therefore protect the pollinators. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Modern Farming and the Environment - Tue 12 Mar 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Colin Clark (CON - Gordon) I was asked about bees. - Speech Link
2: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) the wording required in the Bill, we all need to do far more to improve soil quality.The decline in bees - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) It is not just about wolves and beavers and all the other wildlife; home-grown mink and foxes need to - Speech Link
4: Bill Grant (CON - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) However, pollinators such as bees are to be encouraged, as they are crucial to a healthy environment. - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 - Wed 06 Mar 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Thérèse Coffey (CON - Suffolk Coastal) We had some back and forth legal debate between Government lawyers and the RSPB, and to make sure the - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) Loss of habitat is one of the main contributors to the decline of bees and other insects across the world - Speech Link
3: Thérèse Coffey (CON - Suffolk Coastal) and to maintain or, where appropriate, restore threatened and vulnerable habitats and species to favourable - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 - Tue 12 Feb 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated - Life peer) or on food and feed of plant and animal origin. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Parminter (LDEM - Life peer) The products are widely used in agriculture and industry and in people’s gardens and homes. - Speech Link
3: None I am responsible for pollinators in Defra and assure the noble Lord that I am very proud of the two beehives - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 17 Jan 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Philippa Whitford (SNP - Central Ayrshire) would make them uncompetitive and would damage Scotland’s food and drink industry. - Speech Link
2: George Eustice (CON - Camborne and Redruth) investment on farms; and to improve fairness and transparency in the supply chain. - Speech Link
3: Matt Warman (CON - Boston and Skegness) What steps he is taking to protect bees and other pollinators. - Speech Link
4: George Eustice (CON - Camborne and Redruth) We have also simplified countryside stewardship and introduced new messages to help farmers put pollinators - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 29 Nov 2018
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Alan Mak (CON - Havant) What steps he is taking to protect bees and other pollinators. - Speech Link
2: Michael Gove (CON - Surrey Heath) Protecting pollinators is a priority for this Government and that is reflected in our 10-year national - Speech Link
3: Alan Mak (CON - Havant) Community groups and local schools play an important role in protecting our pollinators. - Speech Link
4: Chris Elmore (LAB - Ogmore) do an awful lot of work to try to protect bees. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Agriculture Bill (Fifth sitting) - Tue 30 Oct 2018
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: David Drew (LAB - Stroud) listen and see if we agree.The finance and the regulation of finance should be a duty, and something - Speech Link
2: George Eustice (CON - Camborne and Redruth) that the clause does not specifically name-check soils—one of our most important natural assets—or pollinators - Speech Link
3: None marketing of fruit and vegetables and pulses,(b) reduce farm antibiotic and related veterinary product - Speech Link