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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 answer Question 38211, tabled on 13 March 2025.

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
2 Apr 2025
Target answer date
7 Apr 2025
Answer
8 May 2025 · 36 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to answer Question 38211, tabled on 13 March 2025.

  2. 7 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 May 2025

    Answer published

    Question 38211 was answered on 8 April 2025.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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