Question follow-through · 44734

Water and Sewerage (Conservation, Access and Recreation) (Code of Practice) Order 2000

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the water sector meets its obligations under the Water and Sewerage (Conservation, Access and Recreation) (Code of Practice) Ord

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
22 Apr 2025
Answer
25 Apr 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 7 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the water sector meets its obligations under the Water and Sewerage (Conservation, Access and Recreation) (Code of Practice) Ord

  2. 22 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    It is water companies’ responsibility to comply with their obligations in respect of the Code of Practice on Conservation, Access and Recreation. The Secretary of State will take companies’ actual or likely non-compliance with the Code of Practice into ac...

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Food: Civil Society

18 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help support councils to establish food partnerships.

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28 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of increasing public access to the outdoors on public health.

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Peatlands

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Foie Gras: Imports

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Water: Reform

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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