Mike Martin MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Agriculture: SubsidiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to support English and Welsh farmers when the Fruit and Vegetable Aid scheme ends on the 31st December 2025.
Answer: Responsibility for horticulture is a devolved matter and, as such, is a matter for the Welsh Government to consider in Wales. We recognise the importance of our domestic growers who play a vital role in our food security, economy and rural communities. In...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Water SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that households on private water networks have access to the same (a) provision for leak allowances and (b) other protections as househ
Answer: Local authorities are the regulators for private water supplies. The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) has information about private water supplies on their website, some of which covers private supply networks.
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRiver Grom: Flood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a water meadow on the flow from South Tunbridge Wells Waste Treatment Works into the River Grom.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) continues to regulate Southern Water (SW) in the Tunbridge Wells area, including through the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP). The EA also monitor SW’s permit compliance to drive required improvements. More...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: Independent Water CommissionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Independent Water Commission will have powers to approve natural water management approaches.
Answer: On 23 October, the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Welsh Government, launched an Independent Commission on the water sector regulatory system, to fundamentally transform how our water system works and clean up our rivers, lakes and seas for go...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of funding (a) water meadows and (b) other natural water management strategies.
Answer: Nature and catchment-based solutions in the water sector have an important role to play. Natural flood management (NFM) is a key part of our approach to mitigating flood risk, and can involve floodplain meadows when designed and located appropriately Natu...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
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