Reverse the decision by Thérèse Coffey to allow the use of Neonicotinoids.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Neonicotinoids have been described as the Novichok of bees: a single teaspoon is sufficient to kill more than a billion. The UK Expert committee on pesticides thinks the use of such pesticides to control aphids should be rejected. Many scientists and green activists are appalled at their use.

The decision goes directly against the governments pronouncements about protecting the environment and makes a nonsense of other recent policies encouraging environmentally friendly schemes and supporting farmers by subsidies to implement them. The government should be made to explain this decision to protect sugar beet crops by using these banned substances.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Overturn the decision to allow use of neonicotinoid pesticides on sugar crops
Overturn the decision to allow use of neonicotinoid pesticides on sugar crops

Timeline

29 Jan 2023	Petition opened for signatures
31 Jan 2023	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 31 Jan 2023

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