Question follow-through · 82230
Weed Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of National England's decision to not accept complaints on injurious weeds on (a) agriculture and (b) the public.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 22 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of National England's decision to not accept complaints on injurious weeds on (a) agriculture and (b) the public.
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Oct 2025
Answer published
Advice on the management and control of injurious weeds is published on GOV.UK. Natural England did not accept new weeds complaints in 2025. This was a temporary measure whilst they reviewed the approach to addressing injurious weeds, to improve access to...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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