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Agriculture: Pests

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14 February 2019

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27 February 2019 · Answer

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Agriculture

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27 February 2019

Agriculture

Summary

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential risk to agricultural products in the UK through the import of goods or vehicles carrying the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys.

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  1. 14 February 2019

    Written question

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential risk to agricultural products in the UK through the import of goods or vehicles carrying the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys.

    Source: Lords

  2. 27 February 2019

    Answer

    The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, is an insect from eastern Asia (China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan). It has no established populations in the UK. We are aware that it has spread into the USA and to mainland Europe. For example, it was first...

    Source: Written answer

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