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Question· Written questionUIN 30707answered

Bluetongue Disease

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the department is taking to support livestock farmers affected by bluetongue with reduced stock costs.

Question· Written questionUIN 30716answered

Paper: Recycling

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of poor-quality paper waste on the ability of recycling facilities to produce high-quality recycled paper.

Question· Written questionUIN 30726open

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Rural Payments Agency is taking to clear outstanding quarterly rural payments to farmers; and what the average delay in making those payments has been in the last 12 mon

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Rural Payments Agency is taking to clear outstanding quarterly rural payments to farmers; and what the average delay in making those payments has been in the last 12 mon

Question· Written questionUIN 30736answered

Pulses and Seeds

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support bean and pulse farmers in the UK.

Question· Written questionUIN 30740answered

Cattle: Tagging

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on the internal market of the Scottish Government’s decision to implement ultra-high frequency bovine electronic identif

Question· Written questionUIN 30748answered

Non-native Species

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the Great Britain list of Species of Special Concern has not been updated recently.

Question· Written questionUIN 30753answered

Hedgehogs: Conservation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help prevent decline in hedgehog populations in Royal Sutton Coldfield.

Question· Written questionUIN 30758answered

Food: Waste

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to work with suppliers to reduce food waste.

Question· Written questionUIN 30762answered

Sustainable Farming Incentive

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to make provision for farmers who were eligible for Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 Window 2 and intended to apply but did not submit an application before the win

Question· Written questionUIN 30763answered

Fishing Catches: Quotas

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department's position in future fisheries negotiations, including on catch limits, will be consistent with the best available scientific advice on sustainable fishing level

Question· Written questionUIN 30768answered

Sustainable Farming Incentive

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will open the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2027 in time for agreements to commence from 1 April 2027 and minimise gaps in environmental payments for farmers with schemes expiri

Question· Written questionUIN 30769answered

Air Pollution: Warnings

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether UK air quality warning capabilities provide proactive warnings about significant air-pollution episodes.

Question· Written questionUIN 30775answered

Floods: Herefordshire

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what provision is under consideration to address the increased and increasing flood risks which affect residents and businesses in South Herefordshire.

Question· Written questionUIN 30776answered

Flood Control: Rural Areas

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department has secured for flood management and mitigation schemes in rural areas.

Question· Written questionUIN 30777answered

Flood Control: Herefordshire

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of natural flood management measures upstream of Ewyas Harold to reduce flood risk in the village.

Question· Written questionUIN 30783answered

Natural England: Redundancy

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Capita to resolve the IT issue affecting the Natural England Voluntary Exit Scheme 2025.

Question· Written questionUIN 30830answered

Horticulture: Export Controls

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to consult horticultural businesses in the design and testing of new digital systems and processes for the movement of plants and plant products before tho

Question· Written questionUIN 30841answered

Water Charges

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with Ofwat on Ofwat's document entitled Statutory consultation on changing our Wholesale Charging Rules and Charges Scheme Rules to promote grea

Question· Written questionUIN 30873answered

Fruit: Horticulture

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to WPQ 28048 answered on 8 September 2026 about 'Fruit, Horticulture,' with reference to the National Drought Group [i] when will the next meeting of the Group take place and

Question· Written questionUIN 30891answered

Fishing Catches

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to end overfishing and support the recovery of fish stocks in UK waters.

Question· Written questionUIN 30892answered

Poultry: Animal Welfare

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of fast-growing broiler chicken breeds compared with slower-growing breeds on welfare; and whether she plans to develop a pathway t

Question· Written questionUIN 30935answered

Pigs: Prices

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Standard Pig Price since August 2025 on independent pig producers.

Question· Written questionUIN 30941answered

Sewage: Swimming

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of sewage pollution on the health of people using inland waters for recreation.

Question· Written questionUIN 30971open

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23320 on Future Combat Air System, by when does he expect to have delivered the tri-national collaboration working environment for GCAP.

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026 to question 23320 on Future Combat Air System, by when does he expect to have delivered the tri-national collaboration working environment for GCAP.

Question· Written questionUIN 30979answered

Sustainable Farming Incentive

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was the total budget allocated within Window 2 of the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 (SFI26).

Question· Written questionUIN 31041answered

Environmental Land Management Schemes: Buckinghamshire

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to guarantee long-term funding through Environmental Land Management schemes for farmers in Buckinghamshire.

Question· Written questionUIN 31042answered

Agriculture: Water Supply

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential barriers faced by farmers in Buckinghamshire seeking to invest in on-farm water storage in order to improve resilience to drought and floo

Question· Written questionUIN 31054answered

Water Companies: Profits

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the proportion of water-company revenues that has been distributed to shareholders since privatisation.

Question· Written questionUIN 31055answered

Water Companies: Ownership

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of whether the current water company ownership model provides the most cost-effective means of financing the long-term investment required in th

Question· Written questionUIN 31056answered

Welsh Water: Standards

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the performance of Welsh Water as a mutually owned water company compared with shareholder-owned water companies in England.

Question· Written questionUIN 31057answered

Wessex Water: Finance

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on Wessex Water's financial resilience, investment programme, and customer bills of retaining the estimated £340 million

Question· Written questionUIN 31058answered

Wessex Water: Finance

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the value of dividends paid by Wessex Water to its ultimate shareholder since YTL acquired the company.

Question· Written questionUIN 31083answered

Forests: Biofuels

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether charcoal will be a regulated product from the date forest risk commodity regulations come into force in Great Britain.

Question· Written questionUIN 31102answered

Peatlands: Environment Protection

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in terms of protecting deep peat, what estimate has her Department made of i) the carbon saved by its 2025 restrictions on winter burning and ii) the carbon released by wildfires since

Question· Written questionUIN 31118open

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the revised National Planning Policy Framework's grey belt policy on progress towards the Government's commitment to protect 30

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the revised National Planning Policy Framework's grey belt policy on progress towards the Government's commitment to protect 30

Question· Written questionUIN 31126answered

Fish Farming: Animal Welfare

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to enforce stricter laws for the slaughter of farmed fish.

Question· Written questionUIN 31134answered

Food: Packaging

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with food and snack manufacturers on reducing excess packaging and increasing packaging efficiency.

Question· Written questionUIN 31135answered

Domestic Waste

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the quantity of DIY waste that householders in England may dispose of free of charge at household waste recycli

Question· Written questionUIN 31150answered

Animal Welfare: Offensive Weapons

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of recent trends in the use of catapults against wild and domestic animals.

Question· Written questionUIN 31154answered

Pulses and Seeds

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of supply chain issues affecting bean and pulse farmers in the UK.

Question· Written questionUIN 31155answered

Food Supply: Proteins

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department will develop and implement a National Protein Strategy.

Question· Written questionUIN 31156answered

Sewage: Pollution Control

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the site-specific (a) rainfall, (b) flow and (c) network conditions used to check the compliance of sewage spills from (i) Foxton Water Recycling Centre, (ii) Mogde

Question· Written questionUIN 31183answered

Environment Agency: Inspections

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Office for Environmental Protection's report entitled A review of Environment Agency inspections in the waste operations and installations sector in England, publ

Question· Written questionUIN 31247open

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on the viability of upland livestock farms of requiring consent under the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture)

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on the viability of upland livestock farms of requiring consent under the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture)

Question· Written questionUIN 31248answered

National Parks: Hill Farming

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many screening applications Natural England has determined under the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 for land in National Parks in

Question· Written questionUIN 31255answered

Seasonal Workers: Turkey

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage workers in Turkey to take-up places under the Seasonal Worker Scheme in the UK.

Question· Written questionUIN 31268answered

Animal Welfare

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department is making on implementing the Animal Welfare strategy.

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