Question follow-through · 60990
Planning: Agriculture and Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the merits of taking steps to ensure that the National Planning Policy Framework 2024 gives greater weight to (a) food production and (b) agricult
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 18 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the merits of taking steps to ensure that the National Planning Policy Framework 2024 gives greater weight to (a) food production and (b) agricult
20 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2025
Answer published
The government places great importance upon our agricultural land and food production.The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that planning policies and decisions should recognise the benefits of the Best and Most Versatile Agricultural Land (land...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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