Should our successor Committee wish to examine the Government’s approach to insect decline and UK food security, we recommend: 76 Legacy – Parliament 2019–24 • Examining the Government and its agencies’ strategies for sustaining long- term insect monitoring research and initiating new studies to address systemic knowledge gaps; • Scrutinising the Government’s communication methods around the realities of insect decline and the steps that can be taken to tackle the decline; • Exploring whether there is need to develop a National Invertebrate Strategy, building on the successes of the National Pollinator Strategy; • Scrutinising the remit of the National Bee Unit and its work on wild bees; • Monitoring the impact of the new National History GCSE and its role in promoting entomology; • Scrutinising the monitoring and evaluation programme for Environmental Land Management Schemes; • Examining the work of the Initiative in disseminating advice to farmers on implementing Integrated Pest Management strategies; and • Assessing work towards meeting the UK’s international commitments to reducing the overall risk caused by pesticides by at least half by 2030. (Paragraph 148) Scientific research environments Recommendations for future work