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  Environment Bill - After Clause 72 - Protection of Pollinators from Pesticides
  
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  @ MP voted aye not to require authorities to be satisfied there are not negative impacts on honeybees or wild pollinators before authorising pesticide products. 
  
  @ MP voted no to require authorities to be satisfied there are not negative impacts on honeybees or wild pollinators before authorising pesticide products. 
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to require authorities to be satisfied there are not negative impacts on honeybees or wild pollinators before authorising pesticide products. 
  
  MPs were considering the Environment Bill.[1][2]
  
  The motion supported by a majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 43.
  
  Lords amendment 43[4] began:
  
  :Insert the following new Clauseâ
  :â''Protection of pollinators from pesticides''
  :(1) A competent authority must not authorise for use any pesticide product, active ingredient, safener or synergist unless it is satisfied that there will be no significant short-term negative effect, and no long-term negative effect, on the health of honeybees or wild pollinator populations.
  :(2) A pollinator risk assessment report relating to the relevant substance must be published by an expert body.
  :(3) The expert body must consist of individuals free from vested interests in pesticide use, who shall have been independently appointed.
  :(4) The pollinator risk assessment report must includeâ
  :(a) data examining acute and chronic effects of the relevant substance on honeybees, bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies and hoverflies,
  :(b) all relevant available scientific evidence relating to any pollinators,
  :(c) conclusions relating to the likely acute and chronic effects of the relevant substance on honeybees, bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies, hoverflies and other pollinators,
  :(d) an assessment of the likelihood of synergistic effects, and
  :(e) the identification of any risks to pollinators where the available evidence is insufficient to reach a conclusion
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/2593 Parliament's webpage on the Environment Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0009/en/20009en01.htm Explanatory notes to the Environment Bill, 30 January 2020], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0220/200220.pdf Environment Bill as of 27 November 2020]. Parliament.uk
  * [4] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0168/210168.pdf Lords amendments to the Environment Bill, 14 October 2021], Parliament.uk
  * [5] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0168/en/210168env2.pdf Explanatory notes to the Lords amendments to the Environment Bill, 14 October 2021], Parliament.uk
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