questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to increase transparency around use of pesticides by local authorities.
answerText: The Government’s first priority with regard to pesticides is to ensure that they will not harm people or animal health or pose unacceptable risks to the environment. There is a legal requirement to minimise the use of pesticides along roads and in areas u...
heading: Pesticides: Local Government