Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
Second Report - Insect decline and UK f…
Rejected
Defra should expand the remit of the National Bee Unit, to include a focus on wild bee health. This should include both developing internal expertise and fostering collaboration with entomology experts and producing biennial reports, as part of the National Pollinator Strategy update previously recommended in this report. The Unit …
Government response. The government rejects expanding the National Bee Unit's remit to include wild bee health, stating it would require significant legislative changes as the NBU's statutory role is specific to honey bee diseases. However, it notes that the NBU published a …
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Recommendation
Second Report - Insect decline and UK f…
Rejected
Revised versions of Natural England’s ‘Red List’ and the ‘biodiversity indicators’ used to measure changes in abundance should include a minimum of one species per family, which would result in a significant increase in invertebrate representation. In response to this report, the Government should set out what steps it is …
Government response. Defra acknowledges the recommendation but rejects the proposal to include a minimum of one species per family in biodiversity indicators as unachievable due to data limitations, and deems a new parallel 'Baseline List' inadvisable due to unreliable data, while continuing …
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Recommendation
Second Report - Insect decline and UK f…
Rejected
We echo the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee’s recommendation that the Government should publish the National Action Plan for Sustainable Pesticide Use no later than May 2024.
Government response. The government states it is working on publishing the National Action Plan but implicitly rejects the May 2024 deadline, citing the wide-ranging and complex nature of the work and extensive consultation responses as reasons for the delay, while highlighting other …
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology