ma, 01/17/2011 - 13:44 — Henk Tennekes

There is a debate on Tuesday 25 January 2011 at 1.30pm - 2pm in Westminster Hall - Effect of neonicotinoid pesticides on bees and other invertebrates - Martin Caton, MP. The debate on the 25th is an adjournment debate and as such there will have to be a response from the Minister on the points raised in the debate. It is open to the public.

Text of the Early Day Motion EDM 1267 tabled by Caton, Martin

IMPACT OF NEONICOTINOID PESTICIDES ON BEES AND OTHER INVERTEBRATES

13.01.2011

That this House is gravely concerned by the contents of a recently leaked memo from the US Environment Protection Agency whose scientists warn that bees and other non-target invertebrates are at risk from a new neonicotinoid pesticide and that tests in the US approval process are insufficient to detect the environmental damage caused; acknowledges that these findings reflect the conclusions of a 2009 `Buglife' report that identified similar inadequacies in the European approval regime with regard to neonicotinoids; notes reports that bee populations have soared in four European countries that have banned these chemicals; and therefore calls on the Government to act urgently to suspend all existing approvals for products containing neonicotinoids and fipronil pending more exhaustive tests and the development of international methodologies for properly assessing the long-term effects of systemic pesticides on invertebrate populations.

Early Day Motion EDM 1267 :

http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=42282&SESSION=905

Signatures: Caton, Martin (Labour Party); Bottomley, Peter (Conservative Party); Corbyn, Jeremy (Labour Party); Durkan, Mark (Social Democratic and Labour Party); Hancock, Mike (Liberal Democrats); Jackson, Glenda (Labour Party); McDonnell, John (Labour Party); Meale, Alan (Labour Party); Williams, Stephen (Liberal Democrats)

Information on Early Day Motions in the House of Commons:

http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-information-office/p03.pdf

Further information: http://www.britishbeekeeping.com/

Buglife (The UK invertebrate conservation trust) campaign: http://www.buglife.org.uk/conservation/campaigns/Neonicotinoids+minister...

Beekeeper leaks EPA document:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Mrm9Y6khk