Peatlands: Controlled Burning

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on land managers of the change in the peat-depth threshold used for regulating heather burning from 40 centimetres to 30

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1. 28 August 2026

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on land managers of the change in the peat-depth threshold used for regulating heather burning from 40 centimetres to 30

   Source: Commons

2. 4 September 2026

   Answer

   This Government is committed to protecting moorlands. In September 2025, we amended the Heather and Grass Burning (England) Regulations 2021 to improve the resilience of our moorlands. The Regulations reflect the latest available evidence to guide sustain...

   Source: Written answer

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• Sir Julian Smith · Conservative · Commons
• · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Answering body
• Jenny Riddell-Carpenter · Labour · Answering member

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