This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament
Rejected petition Ban bee harming pesticides/herbicides that contain neonicotinoids in the uk
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The government plan to allow the use of a pesticide containing neonicotinoid thiamethoxam which is banned in the e.u and has been in the UK until lobbying from the NFU and British Sugar. We want the Government to find an alternative to help the sugar beet situation.
The pesticide containing neonicotinoid thiamethoxam is widely known to wipe out swathes of bees, hence its ban in the EU. Without bees our entire 100 billion pound food industry is at risk, so risking every other food product for the sake of sugar is ludicrous.
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Overturn the decision to allow the use of neonicotinoid pesticides
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/569214Continue the ban on the use of Neonicotinoids
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/563943We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.