Question follow-through · 15563

Inland Border Facilities: Ashford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2024 to Question 11480 on Import Controls: Fees and Charges, when he plans to make available further information on the (a) charge and (b) operati

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
21 Nov 2024
Target answer date
25 Nov 2024
Answer
4 Dec 2024 · 13 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. 21 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2024 to Question 11480 on Import Controls: Fees and Charges, when he plans to make available further information on the (a) charge and (b) operati

  2. 25 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Government plans to publish this information in Spring 2025.

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

Members: Correspondence

10 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wokingham to the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury on funding for surplus food redistribution, dated 30 October 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Chemicals: Pollution Control

16 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to amend the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations to allow, by derogation, the placing on the market of UV-328 present in articles and th

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2024

16 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish an impact assessment of the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations on the automotive industry.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances: France

26 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the French Government's decision to ban products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Import Duties: USA

22 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) the Food Standards Agency and (c) other stakeholders on the potential impact of reducing UK tariffs on US meat and seafood

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

River Thames: Infrastructure

27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will to outline the governance framework for managing River Thames navigation assets, including the criteria and decision-making process for modifying lock structures and updati

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Hydroelectric Power

27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment protocols are in place to evaluate the cumulative impact of new hydroelectric installations on water flow, flood risk, and ecological balance.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Flood Control: Cost Benefit Analysis

27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the long-term costs of post-flood clean-up operations with the potential savings from investing in proactive flood prevention mea

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sewage: Rivers

23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to eliminate sewage overflow releases into (a) the River Loddon and (b) other protected chalk streams.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Plastics: Recycling

13 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has had discussions with the European Commission on the exclusion of UK recyclate from the Single Use Plastics Directive.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Plastics: Recycling

13 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the exclusion of UK recyclate from the Single Use Plastics Directive on (a) material dumping and (b) the circular eco

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Reservoirs: Temperature

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of deploying shade balls in reservoirs to conserve water supplies during periods of extreme heat.