Josh Newbury MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Countryside Stewardship Scheme and Landscape Recovery SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of funding under the (a) Landscape Recovery and (b) Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier scheme has been received by farms smaller than 200 acres.
Answer: The Landscape Recovery (LR) scheme does not directly award funding to participant land managers. Rather, the scheme awards funding to Projects, when in their development phase, and to a Single Legal Entity when they are in their implementation phase. This...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFish: ExportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress her Department has made on aligning the Fish Export Service with the EU CATCH system.
Answer: Following the entry into force of the EU’s new CATCH system on 10 January, we have successfully updated the UK’s Fish Exports Service to allow UK exporters to generate compliant documentation. UK Government has engaged extensively with both UK industry an...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSeafood: ImportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress her Department has made on digitising the catch certificate scheme.
Answer: UK catch certificates for export are already available digitally through the Fish Export Service. Catch certificates the Government receive from third countries are generally paper-based documents. The Government will consider any opportunities to move to...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordKelp: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help protect kelp forests in UK waters.
Answer: The UK recognises the important role that habitats such as kelp can play in preventing biodiversity loss, supporting healthy ecosystems and adaptation to climate change. In England, we have a comprehensive network of 181 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and ...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPlants: SalesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of rhododendron sales on woodland (a) management and (b) restoration.
Answer: Defra has not conducted a formal assessment specifically regarding the impact of rhododendron sales on woodland management or restoration. However, the Department recognises that Rhododendron ponticum is a highly invasive non-native species that poses a s...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
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