Question follow-through · 84154
Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the National Fire Chief's Council consultation response to her Department’s policy on (a) wildfires and (b) risks to firefighters.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 22 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 29 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the National Fire Chief's Council consultation response to her Department’s policy on (a) wildfires and (b) risks to firefighters.
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2025
Answer published
The National Fire Chiefs Council’s response to Defra’s consultation on heather and grass burning in England is already in the public domain. This can be found on their website here: 250523-Heather-and-Grass-Burning-in-England-Consultation-Response-FINAL.p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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