Question follow-through · 58361
Droughts: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled EA steps up dry weather prep after driest spring start since 1956, published on 7 May 2025, whether he has made an assessment of the potent
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled EA steps up dry weather prep after driest spring start since 1956, published on 7 May 2025, whether he has made an assessment of the potent
11 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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18 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Environment Agency (EA) are working closely with the Bedford-Milton Keynes Waterway Park Trust, and other stakeholders including Water Resources East, to consider the benefits and opportunities for water management in the local area and across the Eas...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Employment: National Landscapes
20 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing funding to Natural England’s programme to designate or expand National Landscapes on employment.
Biodiversity: National Landscapes
30 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of National Landscape status on biodiversity.
Peatlands: Conservation
30 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help restore peatland in Mid Bedfordshire constituency.
Peatlands: Conservation
30 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of peatland recovery on the level of flood risk in Mid Bedfordshire constituency.
Cheetahs: Hunting
30 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 50987 on Cheetahs: Hunting, how species of conservation concern will be determined.
Flood Control: International Cooperation
30 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his international counterparts on best practice in flooding mitigation.
Chilterns: Reviews
30 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the potential savings to the public purse from ending the Chilterns National Landscape Boundary Review project.
Chilterns: Expenditure
1 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on the Chilterns National Landscape Boundary Review project.
Flood Control: Owner Occupation
1 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 55512 on Flood Control: Owner Occupation, if he will direct the Environment Agency to hold a community engagement event on flood risk
Flood Control: Owner Occupation
1 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 55512 on Flood Control: Owner Occupation, how much funding (a) his Department and (b) the Environment Agency have allocated for promot
Aviation: Fuels
4 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the waste hierarchy to encourage councils to assign more black bin waste to the production of sustainable aviation fue
South Atlantic Ocean: Fisheries
29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the ratification of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable U