Zöe Franklin MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Agriculture: InsuranceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has had discussions with insurers on the availability of public liability insurance for diversified agricultural businesses that host members of the public as pa
Answer: The Government engages regularly with insurers and regulators on a variety of topics. The Government has not made a specific assessment regarding the availability of public liability insurance for diversified agricultural businesses. The Government would ...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: InsuranceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has the Government made of the availability and affordability of public liability insurance for diversified agricultural businesses that rely on visitor income.
Answer: The Government engages regularly with insurers and regulators on a variety of topics. The Government has not made a specific assessment regarding the availability of public liability insurance for diversified agricultural businesses. The Government would ...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFly-tipping and Landfill TaxDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of landfill tax rates on levels of fly-tipping; and whether she has made a comparative assessment of (a) revenue generated from lan
Answer: The Government does not have a legal duty to clear illegally dumped waste and is not funded to do so. The Government has not undertaken an assessment of the impact of landfill tax rates on levels of fly-tipping, neither has it made a comparative assessmen...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity: Property DevelopmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increasing the biodiversity net gain de minimis threshold from 0.1 hectares to 0.5 hectares on nature recovery.
Answer: The Government recently consulted on options to improve the way Biodiversity Net Gain works for small, medium and brownfield development. This included potential changes to the de minimis exemption threshold, which currently sits at 25 square metres. Sinc...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Nature Recovery SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) funding and (b) capacity for local authorities to implement Local Nature Recovery Strategies.
Answer: Funding for Local Nature Recovery Strategy responsible authorities to support the delivery of the strategies will be confirmed as part of departmental business planning for financial years 2026/27 to 2028/29. This will be informed by discussions with resp...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding levels to meet the Government’s environmental targets.
Answer: The Government’s Environmental Improvement Plan 2025 sets out how we will deliver against our Environment Act targets. This is backed by a settlement that maintains the Government’s steadfast commitment to farming, food security, and nature’s recovery.
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Nature Recovery SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with local authorities and regional stakeholders, including in Surrey, on the delivery of Local Nature Recovery Strategies.
Answer: The Government’s intentions to enhance the roles and functions of Local Nature Recovery Strategy responsible authorities to take a leading role in environmental delivery are set out in English Devolution White Paper. Officials have been engaging with all ...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordFlood Control and Water: SurreyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government will take to improve water quality and flood resilience in Surrey and Guildford, in the context of the latest environmental progress assessment.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) works with the Surrey Local Resilience Forum to plan and prepare for incidents and mitigate impacts on local communities. In Guildford, the EA has temporary flood barriers ready for deployment, and is developing a scheme which ...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity: Property DevelopmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on biodiversity outcomes of substantially increasing the de minimis threshold for mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain requirements.
Answer: The Government recently consulted on options to improve the way Biodiversity Net Gain works for small, medium and brownfield development. This included potential changes to the de minimis exemption threshold. Since then, Government has announced its inten...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish an updated timeline for the implementation of the (a) deposit return scheme and (b) extended producer responsibility schemes.
Answer: Our Extended Producer Responsibility scheme for packaging came into force in January, and notices of liabilities have recently been issued. From 2026 fee modulation will be introduced to encourage producers to use more recyclable and sustainable packaging...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordForests: SurreyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to review the (a) application and (b) enforcement of the UK Forestry Standard in Surrey, in the context of recent logging activities at Bummoor Copse; and
Answer: The Forestry Commission regulates tree felling in England under the provisions in the Forestry Act. Most felling licences require that felled trees or woodland are replaced by replanting or natural regeneration. The exception to this is a thinning licence...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
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