Question follow-through · 88883
Fires: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the level of carbon emissions caused by (a) prescribed burns of vegetation and (b) wildfires during 2025.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 14 Jan 2026 · 65 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the level of carbon emissions caused by (a) prescribed burns of vegetation and (b) wildfires during 2025.
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government remains committed to improving air quality to deliver benefits for public health, the environment, and the economy. This includes reducing carbon emissions.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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