Question follow-through · 4503
Department for Transport: Weed Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that thistles and ragwort are removed from land owned by her Department between the village of Mersham and the Sevington inland border facility.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 5 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that thistles and ragwort are removed from land owned by her Department between the village of Mersham and the Sevington inland border facility.
11 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2024
Answer published
I can confirm that a cut of the field to remove the thistles and ragwort was completed by Sunday 8th September. The cut was started following an ecological walkover visit on Monday 2nd September to ensure that the works could go ahead without impacting ne...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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