| Heading: |
Bees: Conservation |
| Question ID: |
1789450 |
| UIN: |
42062 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5319 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Robin Swann
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| Asking Member handle: |
RobinSwann_MP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@RobinSwann_MP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many inspectors his Department has trained to (a) inspect and (b) assess the health of (i) bees and (ii) their hives. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-03 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1579 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mary Creagh
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| Answering Member handle: |
marycreagh_
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@marycreagh_
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| Answer text: |
The Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit has 50 trained inspectors which includes the National Bee Inspector and 8 Regional Bee Inspectors. All of these inspectors are trained to inspect and assess the health of bees and the hives in England... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |