Question follow-through · 1264

Badgers: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has commissioned an impact assessment on the proposed ending of the badger cull.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
23 Jul 2024
Target answer date
26 Jul 2024
Answer
12 Aug 2024 · 20 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Environment and energy

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has commissioned an impact assessment on the proposed ending of the badger cull.

  2. 26 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Aug 2024

    Answer published

    I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the reply I gave to PQ 1263.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Farmers: Government Assistance

24 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to increase support for farmers to mitigate the impacts of crops (a) lost and (b) not planted due to wet weather.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Agriculture: Food Supply

24 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to continue the annual farm to fork summit.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Food Supply

24 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce a legally binding food security target.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023

25 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for (a) bringing forward and (b) implementing secondary legislation relating to the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023; and whether he has a

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Farming Recovery Fund

25 Jul 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timescale is for making payments under the Farming Recovery Fund to eligible applicants.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Farming Recovery Fund

5 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers who are eligible for support under the expanded Farming Recovery Fund announced on 24 May 2024 have been (a) (i) identified and (ii) contacted by the Rural Payments Ag

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Farming Recovery Fund

5 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of the additional funding for the expanded Farming Recovery Fund announced on 24 May 2024 (a) has been paid out as of 5 September 2024 and (b) is projected

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Incinerators: Waste Disposal

5 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of unbound incinerator bottom ash aggregate in construction on the environment in (a) the Fenlands and (b) other low-lyin

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Incinerators: Waste Disposal

5 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Environment Agency regulatory policy statement entitled Using unbound incinerator bottom ash aggregate (IBAA) in construction activities: RPS 247, published on 25

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Incinerators

10 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the statutory target to halve residual waste on demand for waste incineration capacity.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Incinerators

10 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of waste incineration capacity over the next (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 20 years assuming all statutory environmental targets are met.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Incinerators

10 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to reduce the amount of waste sent for incineration; and what estimate he has made of the volume of waste that will be incinerated in each of the next fiv