We commend the success of the National Pollinator Strategy and eagerly await the 2025–2035 update that we expect to be published by September 2024. There is scope to build on the work of the strategy by creating a complementary ‘National Invertebrate Strategy’ that would include provisions for invertebrates that carry out other important ecological roles. As seen in the creation of the National Pollinator Strategy, the National Invertebrate Strategy should include the publication of an implem...

We commend the success of the National Pollinator Strategy and eagerly await the 2025–2035 update that we expect to be published by September 2024. There is scope to build on the work of the strategy by creating a complementary ‘National Invertebrate Strategy’ that would include provisions for invertebrates that carry out other important ecological roles. As seen in the creation of the National Pollinator Strategy, the National Invertebrate Strategy should include the publication of an implementation plan, containing accountability targets, linked to the strategy every five years for non-pollinating, agriculturally beneficial, invertebrates. Type: conclusion | Number: 7 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: Defra agrees that ecologically important invertebrates including pollinators, are a group worthy of provision, and government resources are currently focused on reviewing the Pollinator Strategy’s latest Action Plan. Working with the Pollinator Advisory Steering Gr