Pesticides: Agriculture
(asked on 18th March 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of outlawing the use of (a) Bixlozone, (b) Cinmethylin, (c) Isoflucypram and (d) Pydiflumetofen on farmers.
Answered by
Emma Hardy
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
We are aware of concerns about the potential impact of the UK-EU SPS Agreement under negotiation on the availability of certain pesticides, including those containing the four active substances Bixlozone, (b) Cinmethylin, (c) Isoflucypram and (d) Pydiflumetofen which are currently approved in GB but not the EU.
Information from stakeholders, alongside expertise in HSE and Defra, is feeding into our analysis. Negotiations, which began at the end of 2025, are still underway.