Victoria Atkins MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Peatlands: Controlled BurningDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has assessed the potential impact of the Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 on the number of wildfires, including their incide
Answer: Burning is damaging to peatlands and can increase their long-term vulnerability to wildfires, while wetter, healthy-functioning peatlands are more resilient to the impacts of wildfire. In developing the Amendments to The Heather and Grass etc. Burning (En...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: WaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled A New Vision for Water, published on 20 January 2026, what estimate she has made of the average annual cost of complying with th
Answer: An environmental permit would require regulated businesses to apply measures to reduce pollution. The cost of complying with a permit would depend on which pollution measures they would be required to adopt, which would depend largely on the type of farm ...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: WaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled A New Vision for Water, published on 20 January 2026, what estimate she has made of the number of cattle farms that could be imp
Answer: Government announced its intention to develop options for consultation on extension of environmental permitting to dairy and intensive beef farms through the Environmental Improvement Plan published in December last year. The Government is looking to deve...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordWaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled A New Vision for Water, published on 20 January 2026, if she plans to publish the Transition Plan on a sitting day of the House
Answer: The Transition Plan will be published in 2026. It will set clear direction on priorities, sequencing, and engagement, giving the sector confidence as reforms begin and ahead of the introduction of an upcoming water bill.
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordWaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the 88 recommendations proposed in the independent report entitled Independent Water Commission: review of the water sector, published in July 2025, are included in her Dep
Answer: Defra thoroughly reviewed the Independent Water Commission’s final report in its entirety, and the White Paper sets out our overall response to the Commission’s recommendations. This Government’s priority is to deliver the best possible outcomes for custo...
Answered 29 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordWater Delivery TaskforceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on which dates the Water Delivery Taskforce has met.
Answer: Defra has established a Water Delivery Taskforce to ensure that water companies deliver on their planned investments to provide water and wastewater capacity. It ensures that water availability and wastewater capacity are not a constraint on growth. The W...
Answered 29 Jan 2026
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| Treasury | 9 |
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