questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support banana-producing countries affected by the UK’s pesticide regulations; and whether his Department will help such countries identify sustainable alternatives to Mancozeb.
answerText: The decision to withdraw the use of the fungicide mancozeb in Great Britain does not immediately affect banana-producing countries. The UK Government recognises the importance that bilateral trade between the UK and banana-producing countries plays, in bo...
heading: Bananas: Pesticides