Question follow-through · 67516
Agriculture: Pollution Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle agricultural pollution in protected areas.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 14 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 22 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
14 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle agricultural pollution in protected areas.
16 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jul 2025
Answer published
This Government is firmly committed to safeguarding every aspect of our natural environment, including through reducing agricultural pollution. This approach aims to protect all areas, including our most protected areas.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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