Jess Brown-Fuller MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Rivers: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for the publication of the chalk stream recovery pack.
Answer: Restoring our chalk streams to better ecological health must be part of our holistic programme of reforms for the water sector, including: The Government’s wider agenda to reset the water sector and fix the systemic issues in the water framework, continue...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tipping: ProsecutionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to enable (a) local authorities and (b) the police to effectively (i) target and (ii) prosecute (A) individuals and (B) businesses engaged in illegal fly-tippin
Answer: Local councils are responsible for taking enforcement action in most fly-tipping incidents. Their powers include issuing fixed penalty notices of up to £1000, prosecution action and seizing vehicles. We encourage councils to make good use of their powers,...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWood-burning Stoves: Air PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of (a) Smoke Control Areas and (b) Ecodesign regulations, in the context of the impact of domestic log burners on air quality.
Answer: Since the introduction of Smoke Control Areas in 1956 emissions from domestic combustion have reduced significantly. However, domestic combustion is a major source of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions in the UK, and wood stove ownership is increas...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the conclusions within his Department's Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Englan
Answer: Under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 (the 2018 Regulations), anyone in the business of breeding and selling cats as pets needs to have a valid licence issued by their local authority. Licensees mu...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCats: Animal BreedingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to regulate cat breeding.
Answer: Under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018, anyone in the business of breeding and selling cats as pets needs to have a valid licence issued by their local authority. Licensees must meet strict statutor...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFish: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17463More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of restricting the use of treble barbed fishhooks in England and Wales.
Answer: The use of barbed hooks is currently restricted by several byelaws covering specific fisheries in areas throughout England and Wales. The suitability and need for these restrictions will continue to be monitored and may inform changes if appropriate, howe...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBeavers: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the rules on beaver (a) protection and (b) management.
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. The Government has no plans to review the rules on beaver protection. Beavers are a protected species under the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBeavers: Nature ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to (a) help encourage and (b) publish a strategy for the reintroduction of beavers into the wild.
Answer: We understand the potential benefits that beavers can bring, including through creating wetland habitats and increasing biodiversity. The Government supports species reintroductions where there are clear benefits for nature, people and the environment. Al...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDrinking Water: HavantDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Southern Water's proposal to introduce recycled waste water in to the drinking water supply at the Havant Thicket Reservoir on th
Answer: Southern Water have recently consulted on their proposal to turn treated wastewater, normally pumped out to sea, into purified recycled water. This water would then be pumped to Havant Thicket Reservoir, where it would be stored and mixed with spring wate...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
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