Question follow-through · 33856
Lighting: Pollution Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken with relevant authorities to reduce light pollution in (a) Romford constituency and (b) England.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 26 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken with relevant authorities to reduce light pollution in (a) Romford constituency and (b) England.
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Mar 2025
Answer published
Defra has not had direct discussions with local authorities in Romford or elsewhere about monitoring levels of artificial light The statutory nuisance regime requires local authorities to take reasonably practicable steps to investigate complaints of arti...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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