Question follow-through · 31789
Soil: Land Use
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of short-term land use to improve soil health and resilience to droughts and floods.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 21 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of short-term land use to improve soil health and resilience to droughts and floods.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2025
Answer published
Defra currently has research programmes underway on the impact of different agricultural land management options. The Government recognises the importance of healthy, functioning soil for resilience against the impacts of climate change, such as flooding ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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