Question follow-through · 20876
National Parks: Pollution Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to prevent companies from polluting (a) Lake Windermere and (b) other national parks.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 17 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 19 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 6 Jan 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to prevent companies from polluting (a) Lake Windermere and (b) other national parks.
19 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jan 2025
Answer published
Labour introduced National Parks 75 years ago, and introduced the Rights of Way Act that secured public access and preserved natural beauty. A thriving natural world underpins our economy, health and society. That’s why this Government is investing £400 m...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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