Question follow-through · 77295

Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her counterparts in the devolved Administrations since her appointment.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
13 Oct 2025
Answer
15 Oct 2025 · 30 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her counterparts in the devolved Administrations since her appointment.

  2. 13 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Since her appointment the Secretary of State has held meetings to discuss a range of shared priorities with the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland, the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands in...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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