Question follow-through · 31660

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to provide an Answer to Question 25490 tabled by the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton on 21 January 2025.

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
25 Feb 2025
Answer
25 Feb 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to provide an Answer to Question 25490 tabled by the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton on 21 January 2025.

  2. 25 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    An answer to Question 25490 was published on 24 February 2025. I apologise for the delay in responding to the hon. Member.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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