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Bees

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding his Department provided to (a) the National Bee Unit and (b) the Bee Inspectorate in 2001-02. (218692)

Expenditure on the National Bee Unit, which includes the Bee Inspectorate, by DEFRA and the Welsh Assembly Government in 2001-02 was £1,583,000.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was spent by his Department on bee health research in each of the last 10 years. (218703)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much per annum is contributed to the agricultural economy by the honey bee sector. (218704)

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave on 12 May 2008, Official Report, column 1324W.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of recent trends in the honey bee population in England. (218708)

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave on 12 May 2008, Official Report, column 1324W.