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Question· Written questionUIN 31963answered

Non-native Species

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has assessed the potential merits of introducing a regular, scheduled review of the Great Britain list of Species of Special Concern.

Question· Written questionUIN 31983answered

Deer: Urban Areas

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of the Deer impacts policy statement for England in addressing deer impacts in residential and peri-urban areas.

Question· Written questionUIN 31984answered

Salmon: Conservation

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 motorway runoff from the M6 on Atlantic salmon populations in the River Lune and Birk Beck.

Question· Written questionUIN 31985answered

Pollution Control: Motorways

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to require environmental permits for highway runoff discharges from the Strategic Road Network.

Question· Written questionUIN 31986answered

Sustainable Farming Incentive

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many SFI26 applications were made in each county in England.

Question· Written questionUIN 31987answered

Sustainable Farming Incentive

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the net additional expenditure was on SFI26 agreements.

Question· Written questionUIN 32027answered

Flour: Folic Acid

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Impact Assessment, Amending the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998, of 13 November 2024, page 3, how many times has the UK-wide monitoring group met to date in rela

Question· Written questionUIN 32048answered

Peatlands: Controlled Burning

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 18746 on Peatlands: Controlled burning, if she will publish the response from the National Fire Chiefs Council to the consultation

Question· Written questionUIN 32068answered

Responsible Dog Ownership Working Group

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will commit to publishing the list of organisations which are members of the Responsible Dog Ownership Taskforce.

Question· Written questionUIN 32084answered

Sustainable Farming Incentive

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps has she taken to determine a timescale for farmers to apply for SFI26 whose environmental agreements expire after February 2027.

Question· Written questionUIN 32085answered

Sustainable Farming Incentive

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 determine a plan for SFI27 that will cover expiring agreements and support farmers to deliver environmental improvements.

Question· Written questionUIN 32128answered

Food: Shropshire

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 programme of catchment reviews on food production in Shropshire.

Question· Written questionUIN 32130answered

Zoos: Transport

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 ensure that zoo conservation transfers are recognised and promoted as part of a future UK – EU SPS veterinary agreement.

Question· Written questionUIN 32132answered

Deposit Return Schemes

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 raise public awareness of the deposit return scheme due to come into force in October 2027.

Question· Written questionUIN 32133answered

Deposit Return Schemes

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 merits of enabling producers to transfer their first right of refusal to material recovered under the deposit return scheme to a third par

Question· Written questionUIN 32162open

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to introduce of a dedicated category for recording wildfire incidents within the Incident Recording System.

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to introduce of a dedicated category for recording wildfire incidents within the Incident Recording System.

Question· Written questionUIN 32225answered

Small Businesses: Waste Disposal

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 EU Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation 2026/40 (PPWR) on UK small and micro-businesses trading with customers in EU m

Question· Written questionUIN 32231answered

Dolphins: Hunting

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is having discussions with her Faroese counterparts on the potential merits of banning dolphin hunting.

Question· Written questionUIN 32232answered

Trade Agreements: Faroe Islands

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether officials from her Department will attend the next meeting of the Joint Committee established under the UK–Faroe Islands Free Trade Agreement.

Question· Written questionUIN 32249answered

Birds: Animal Welfare

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce species-specific welfare standards for budgerigars under its Animal Welfare Strategy for England, including regulations on conspecific social housing, restriction

Question· Written questionUIN 32251answered

Sustainable Farming Incentive

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applicants began a SFI26 Window 2 application but were unable to finalise and submit that application before the budget was fully allocated.

Question· Written questionUIN 32255answered

Water Companies: Finance

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has discussed with Ofwat the potential merits of incorporating cash-flow coverage measures alongside net debt to Regulatory Capital Value when assessing the fina

Question· Written questionUIN 32256answered

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 the potential impact of giving customers a formal ownership stake in water companies on water customers.

Question· Written questionUIN 32257answered

Water Companies: Capital Investment

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 adequacy of the regulatory framework's incentives for overseas owners of UK water companies to prioritise investment in UK infrastructure

Question· Written questionUIN 32276answered

Refrigeration: Waste Disposal

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 requiring produce compliance schemes for fridges and freezers that lack sufficient processing capacity to identify an

Question· Written questionUIN 32313answered

Dogs: Animal Breeding

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to release the dog breeding public consultation referred to in its Animal Welfare Strategy for England.

Question· Written questionUIN 32330answered

Bluetongue Disease

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department considered the potential merits of including a screening for bluetongue virus at abattoirs within the National Disease Surveillance scheme.

Question· Written questionUIN 32344answered

Crops: Pulses and Seeds

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 incentivise the growing of protein crops.

Question· Written questionUIN 32350answered

Agriculture: Technology

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending grant funding schemes to support subscription-based models that enable farmers to access agricultural

Question· Written questionUIN 32356answered

Sustainable Farming Incentive: Runcorn and Helsby

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans she has made to support farmers in Runcorn and Helsby given that demand for Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 exceeded the available budget.

Question· Written questionUIN 32357answered

Sustainable Farming Incentive: Runcorn and Helsby

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reports the Rural Payments Agency received from farm businesses in Runcorn and Helsby of technical problems when applying to Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 Window 2.

Question· Written questionUIN 32360answered

Biofuels

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 impact on population health in England from high levels of Nox and particulate matter released by wood-pellet-fuelled biomass power.

Question· Written questionUIN 32381answered

Sustainable Farming Incentive: Shropshire

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the number of farmers in (i) Shropshire and (ii) Telford & Wrekin who (a) applied for funding in the Sustainable Farming Incentive second application window and (b)

Question· Written questionUIN 32384answered

Forests: Regulation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the consultation on GB's deforestation regulations will be published.

Question· Written questionUIN 32388answered

Reservoirs: Construction

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration the Department is giving to the potential merits of a nationwide network of new reservoirs, both underground and overground, to combat both flooding and drought.

Question· Written questionUIN 32389answered

Floods: Insurance

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support the Department offers to both households and businesses who are unable to secure insurance following repeated flood events.

Question· Written questionUIN 32431answered

Agriculture: UK Trade with EU

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is her Department's policy that British farms and food manufacturers will be obliged to follow EU farming and food regulations, following the SPS agreement, if the firms (a)

Question· Written questionUIN 32432open

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026, to Question 21087, on DEFRA: Equality, and of 9 July 2026, to Question 15238, on Ofwat: Equality, what were the titles of each of the short

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026, to Question 21087, on DEFRA: Equality, and of 9 July 2026, to Question 15238, on Ofwat: Equality, what were the titles of each of the short

Question· Written questionUIN 32434answered

Packaging: EU Law

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the "UK-EU SPS agreement – information for businesses" published on 12 August 2026, what discussions she has had with businesses on EU regulations on food packaging a

Question· Written questionUIN 32443open

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the statutory basis is for treating all agricultural land within National Parks and National Landscapes as semi-natural areas for the purposes of the Environmental Impact Assessme

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the statutory basis is for treating all agricultural land within National Parks and National Landscapes as semi-natural areas for the purposes of the Environmental Impact Assessme

Question· Written questionUIN 32476answered

Sustainable Farming Incentive

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made about the number of farmers with environmental agreements expiring before the end of February 2027, that may apply for the SFI26 Scheme.

Question· Written questionUIN 32478answered

River Thames: Flood Control

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the planned timescale for the delivery of the River Thames Scheme and the key milestones for each remaining phase of the project.

Question· Written questionUIN 32491answered

Water Supply: Data Centres

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, further to the answer of 23 September 2026 to Question HL3327 on Data Centres: Water, what priority do data centres have for access to water supplies during a period of drought.

Question· Written questionUIN 32534answered

Cider

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 of continued decline in the cider market on cider apple orchards and farmers who depend on them.

Question· Written questionUIN 32539answered

Plastics: Recycling

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 increase post-consumer sorting and processing capacity in the UK in the context of the time taken to introduce mandatory kerbside collection of f

Question· Written questionUIN 32550answered

Forestry Commission: Appeals

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2026 to Question 13144 on Forestry Commission: Appeals, how many current panel members are former employees of the Forestry Commission.

Question· Written questionUIN 32552answered

Water: Housing

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take take steps to ensure new builds have facilities to harvest and recycle grey water.

Question· Written questionUIN 32561answered

Sewers

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 adequacy of powers available to local authorities under section 59 of the Building Act 1984 to require the rectification of foul-to-surfa

Question· Written questionUIN 32583answered

Defence Equipment: Training

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 23363 on Defence Equipment: Training, for what reason the delivery of OpNET to the Land environment was not fully completed in May 2026.

Question· Written questionUIN 32595answered

Anglian Water: Droughts

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2026 to Question 29224 on Reservoirs: Cambridgeshire, whether she has received a drought permit application from Anglian Water to date.

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