Question follow-through · 47935
Agriculture: Subsidies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to adapt existing farming subsidy schemes to incentivise the (a) housing of all farmed animals in woodland and (b) planting of woodland in permanent pasture to im
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 24 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 12 May 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
24 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to adapt existing farming subsidy schemes to incentivise the (a) housing of all farmed animals in woodland and (b) planting of woodland in permanent pasture to im
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 May 2025
Answer published
Our in-field agroforestry offers under the Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes include support for establishing and maintaining silvopastoral systems, where trees are planted in pasture to realise their multiple benefits such as enhanced animal we...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Sewage: Dawlish
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Sewage: Teignmouth
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Sewage: Dawlish
28 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce sewage discharges at Dawlish Town.
Sewage: Shaldon
28 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce sewage discharges at Shaldon.
Recycling: Electronic Equipment
28 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reduce e-waste.
Recycling: Repairs and Maintenance
28 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the repair and re-use economy.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Recycling
28 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Circular Economy Taskforce on reducing waste in his Department.
Forests: Commodities
30 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 46277 on Forests: Commodities, what his planned timetable is to set out plans for tackling deforestation.
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Water Companies
8 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings officials in his Department have held with (a) investor groups, (b) asset managers and (c) shareholder representatives with interests in UK water companies since July
Water Companies: Insolvency
8 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that costs incurred by the Government for water companies entering special administration are recovered from that company's creditors.
Water Companies: Licensing
8 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the conditions on which water companies' licences are renewed where there is repeated (a) pollution or (b) non-compliance.