Yasmin Qureshi MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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Written questions
Data Centres: Water SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27893More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with Water UK regarding its warning that the UK does not have sufficient water resources to support planned datacentre expansion.
Answer: WaterUK regularly attends Defra's Water Delivery Taskforce, chaired by the Minister of State for Water and Flooding, Emma Hardy, which brings together Government, regulators and industry and is working to improve the evidence on data centre water use. Cur...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordData Centres: Water SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the water demand of new and planned datacentres, and whether she has made an assessment of the potential risk of their designation as critical national in
Answer: As the data centre sector grows, Defra is working across Government and with the Environment Agency to better understand this growth and reduce its impact. Protecting public water supplies for households and businesses remains a priority during periods of...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: PesticidesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of Greenpeace's report entitled Our Poisoned Land and its calls for the Government to help farmers to (a) reduce agric
Answer: Last year the Government published the UK Pesticides National Action Plan (NAP). It sets out how all four UK Governments will support farmers, growers and other land managers to increase their use of sustainable farming practices to reduce the potential h...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordNeonicotinoidsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will commit to ending the use of the neonicotinoid acetamiprid.
Answer: The Government remains committed to ending the use in England of the three neonicotinoid pesticides (thiamethoxam, clothianidin, imidacloprid) that threaten vital pollinators, including through emergency authorisations. Acetamiprid does not pose the same ...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPigs: Animal HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she intends to publish a consultation on phasing out the use of farrowing crates for sows.
Answer: The Animal Welfare Strategy sets out that ending the use of cages and crates is a key priority for this Government. We will be consulting on the transition away from the use of farrowing crates to alternative systems, in due course.
Answered 10 Jul 2026
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