Fabian Hamilton MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Horticulture: PeatDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108581More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to Question 100196, what steps her Department is taking to bring forward legislation to end the sale of peat for horticultural use; and whether she plans to accelerate the pro
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Maidenhead, Joshua Reynolds, on 18 December 2025, PQ UIN 100196.
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFood: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2025 to UIN 62951, what progress she has made on incorporating method-of-production labelling reform into the development of animal welfare and food st
Answer: This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation. In the food strategy we identified 10 priority outcomes, including ensuring that food supply is environmentally sustainable with high...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to incentivise the use of compostable fresh produce stickers through the Extended Producer Responsibility fee structure by using (a) green and (b) amber ra
Answer: At present, the Recyclability Assessment Methodology (RAM) does not provide a separate incentive for compostable materials; the methodology is designed to support a circular economy by prioritising materials that can be recycled into new products. Therefo...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has considered mandating the use of compostable fresh produce stickers; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of doing so on arable land.
Answer: The Department has not considered mandating the use of compostable fresh produce stickers and does not currently have plans to assess the potential impact of such a measure on arable land. However, we remain committed to supporting sustainable packaging s...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordForests: CommoditiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will introduce secondary legislation under the Environment Act 2021 for due diligence rules for forest-risk commodities.
Answer: The Government recognises the urgency of taking action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation. The Government is actively considering the best regulatory approach to address deforestation in UK supply chains;...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSwifts: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 32775 on Swifts: Conservation, what recent progress has been made in those discussions; and what steps she is taking to help incr
Answer: Defra policy officials continue to work with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government colleagues on swift brick policy, alongside wider nature and planning matters. As part of our work to develop a set of national planning policies for de...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFarmers: SupermarketsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure (a) farmers and (b) exporters are protected from unfair supermarket practices not covered by the (i) Groceries Code Adjudicator and (ii) A
Answer: The Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator (ASCA) is responsible for enforcing regulations developed under the Agriculture Act 2020 'Fair Dealing' powers (section 29). Regulations introduced using these powers promote fair contractual dealing and contribut...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPlastics: ProductionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support an international agreement that includes targets to reduce plastic production ahead of the next round of Global Plastics Treaty negotiati
Answer: The Government is committed to reaching an agreement on a global legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution when negotiations resume in August 2025. At the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on a treaty to end plastic pollut...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
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