The following matter be referred to the Environment and Communications References Committee for inquiry and report by the second last sitting day in February 2017:

The risks and opportunities associated with the use of the bumblebee population in Tasmania for commercial pollination purposes, including:

1. the existing distribution and population density of exotic bumblebees;
2. productivity and economic benefits of the commercial use of bumblebees for agricultural producers;
3. the potential environmental impacts associated with the commercial use of bumblebees, including whether their use is likely to:
   1. impact the conservation status of a species or ecological community,
   2. impact biodiversity,
   3. cause unintended ecological impacts, and
   4. contribute to a wider distribution of bumblebees;
4. the implications for Australia's biosecurity regime of any approval to use bumblebees in Tasmania for commercial purposes;
5. the potential economic outcomes;
6. the effectiveness of alternative pollination options; and
7. any other related matters.