Katie White MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Outdoor Recreation: Young PeopleDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase access to nature for young people.
Answer: The Government is committed to increasing access to nature for all, especially young people. In 2024, Defra invested £4.45 million in a second phase of the Generation Green programme, enabling over 25,000 disadvantaged children and young people to experie...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOutdoor Recreation: HealthDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Natural England on the potential merits of increasing access to nature in order to benefit physical and mental health.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of providing access to the outdoors for people’s health and wellbeing and is working to ensure this is safe and appropriate. This is why we have set out our ambitious manifesto commitments to create nine new nation...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing mandatory labelling of food products which describe (a) how an animal has been reared and (b) the welfare
Answer: A consultation on proposals to improve and extend current method of production labelling was undertaken last year by the previous government. The Government’s response to this consultation is now available on GOV.UK.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFur (Import and Sale) BillDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to support the Fur (Import and Sale) Bill.
Answer: In accordance with parliamentary convention, the Government will set out its formal position on this Bill when it receives its Second Reading. Defra is continuing to build the evidence base on the fur sector. This includes commissioning our expert Animal ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how he plans to (a) quantify and (b) measure the impact of new developments on biodiversity.
Answer: Grants of planning permission for new development, unless exempt, are now subject to biodiversity net gain, requiring developers to achieve a 10% increase in biodiversity compared to the value of the site before the development proposal. Developers must u...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordForests: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of mini forests on (a) improving (i) air quality and (ii) diversity and (b) supporting the UK’s environmental goals.
Answer: Defra, through the Trees Outside Woodlands research programme (funded by the Government), has carried out a study on the Miyawaki Method of planting, sometimes known as tiny or mini forests. The testing has been carried out since 2021. The long-term poten...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tippingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of fly-tipping.
Answer: Local authorities have enforcement powers to help them tackle fly-tipping, including fixed penalty notices of up to £1000, and prosecution action which can lead to significant fine or even imprisonment. We encourage councils to make good use of their fly-...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMarine Protected Areas: Bottom TrawlingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning the use of bottom-towed fishing gear within marine protected areas.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Runcorn and Helsby on 3 February 2025, PQ 26547.
Answered 10 Mar 2025
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