| Heading: |
Beekeeping |
| Question ID: |
1812726 |
| UIN: |
59931 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-13 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5186 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Bradley Thomas
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| Asking Member handle: |
BradleyThomasUK
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@BradleyThomasUK
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote beekeeping. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-18 |
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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: |
In 2024 the annual Hive Count exercise produced a figure of 252, 647 honey bee colonies in the UK which indicates that there continues to be interest in keeping bees. There are over 52,700 beekeepers in England, Wales and Scotland registered on BeeBase, t... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |