Fiona
Bruce MP attends Parliamentary event on ‘bee harming pesticides’
Fiona
Bruce MP has added her name to a growing list of MPs who are concerned about
bee harming pesticides.
Neonicotinoids
have been restricted across Europe since 2013 due to mounting evidence that
they pose a risk to bees. Bees are responsible for pollinating two thirds of
the food we eat.
Fiona Bruce said “Bees
and other pollinators play a vital role in the security of our food supply and
the quality of our natural environment. The Government has done a great deal of
work over the last few years to understand and protect them, most recently through
the National Pollinator Strategy.
The European Food Safety
Authority has begun a review of the science relating to the pesticides call
neonicotinoids and the impact on bees, which is expected to conclude in the
summer. This includes looking at the effects on bees caused by seed treatments.
Restrictions on
neonicotinoids which may affect bees should not be changed if the scientific
evidence shows they should remain.”
