Manuela Perteghella MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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Written questions
Pets: TaggingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the planned launch date for the single point of search tool that will allow all pet microchip databases to be searched.
Answer: The Association of Microchip Database Operators has been working closely with commercial providers to develop a single point of search platform which is expected to go live this autumn.
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordForestry Act 1967Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of modernising the Forestry Act 1967 to support nature recovery and ecological targets.
Answer: Defra has no immediate plans to make changes to the Forestry Act 1967. We will continue to review whether making changes to the Act could help to meet our wider objectives. Any changes to the Act would require primary legislation. Government already has a...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTree PlantingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of spatial targeting of tree planting in urban areas to help reduce social inequalities.
Answer: The Trees Programme includes a number of schemes that support urban tree planting. Lower urban tree cover often correlates with higher socioeconomic deprivation. The Government supports urban tree planting through the Tree Council and England’s Community ...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordForests and Tree Planting: Droughts and TemperatureDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extreme heat and consecutive drought on tree planting and established woodland.
Answer: Forest Research (FR) has assessed that extreme heat and drought can reduce tree growth and increase tree mortality. Consecutive droughts may have cumulative impacts. Tree mortality will be recorded through the field work associated with FR’s National Fore...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
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