Members of Cornwall Council have supported an action plan to help save bees. 

Cornwall Council cabinet member for planning and Looe councillor Edwina Hannaford has championed support for a ’Pollinators Action Plan’ which will see allegedly harmful pesticides like neonicotinoids no longer routinely used on Council owned or managed land.

Members have agreed to support Edwina’s motion and have also called on the Government to fund extensive research into the hazards of glyphosate and neonicotinoids on human health and the environment.

In addition, the Council will explore other ways in which to enhance and protect the habitats of bees and other pollinators.

Councillors were lobbied by environmental campaigners.