Question follow-through · 11370

Lighting: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Secretary of State for Communities, Housing and Local Government on the potential impact of light pollution on animal populations; and

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled: 28 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 30 Oct 2024
Answer: 1 Nov 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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28 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Secretary of State for Communities, Housing and Local Government on the potential impact of light pollution on animal populations; and
30 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Nov 2024
Answer published
Defra has not had direct discussions with the Secretary of State for Communities, Housing and Local Government about the potential impact of light pollution on animal populations. Defra will continue to work closely with researchers, non-governmental org...

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