Question follow-through · 54977
Agriculture: Land
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of large-scale solar Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects on (a) long-term food production capacity and (b) the natural en
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 30 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 11 Jun 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Grazing Land: Biodiversity and Carbon Capture and Storage · 2 Jun 2025
- Food · 3 Jun 2025
- Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023 · 29 Aug 2025
- Fisheries · 21 Oct 2025
- Seafood: Labelling · 21 Oct 2025
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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
30 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of large-scale solar Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects on (a) long-term food production capacity and (b) the natural en
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Jun 2025
Answer published
Defra does not collect information on the potential impacts of constructing green energy infrastructure. However, Defra does produce statistical estimates of agricultural land areas each year from the annual June Survey of Agriculture: In 2024, the utilis...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Grazing Land: Biodiversity and Carbon Capture and Storage
2 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of silvopastoral systems and holistic planned grazing practices to carbon sequestration and biodiversity enhancement.
Food
3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help improve consumer access to minimally processed foods.
Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023
29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to introduce the regulations for the Animals (Low Welfare Activities Abroad) Act.
Fisheries
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to align fisheries management policies with the Global Charter for Fisheries Transparency.
Seafood: Labelling
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to improve the traceability of UK-caught (a) fish and (b) seafood.
Fishing Vessels
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will take steps to publish full vessel ownership, license, quota, subsidy, and sanctions information for all types of fishing vessels in a publicly accessible format.
Marine Management Organisation: Finance
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding the Marine Management Organisation has received in each of the last five years; what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the funding on the enforcement
Fishing Catches and Fishing Vessels
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current protocols to account for (a) fishing catches and (b) fishing vessel activities.
Fishing Catches
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to tackle (a) bycatch and (b) illegal discarding by vessels in the last year.
Fisheries: Territorial Waters
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen enforcement capacity in UK territorial waters.
Fishing Vessels: Standards
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of compliance of fishing vessels with (a) AIS, (b)VMS and (c) iVMS; what steps he is taken ensure there is full compliance with these syste
Fishing Vessels: Territorial Waters
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the devolved Administrations on protocols for mandatory Remote Electronic Monitoring for vessels fishing in UK territorial waters.