Question follow-through · 92260
Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department remains committed to (a) the application of the precautionary principle in environmental decision-making and (b) maintaining existing statutory protections for p
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 25 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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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
18 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department remains committed to (a) the application of the precautionary principle in environmental decision-making and (b) maintaining existing statutory protections for p
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Nov 2025
Answer published
Under the Environment Act 2021 Ministers of the Crown must have due regard to the Environmental Principles Policy Statement when making policy. The statement sets out how to interpret and apply five environmental principles - integration, prevention, rect...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Birds: Gun Sports
8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the current period of prolonged frost and frozen ground on the ability of woodcock to feed; and whether she intends t
Livestock: Animal Welfare
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the protections under section 1(3A) of the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 for livestock and farmers where livestock have straye
Wines: Imports
8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of making all importers of organic wine register as organic businesses in the UK by February 2027.
Organic Food: Import Controls
8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has considered the merits of allowing small-scale organic importers to use importers knowledge statement's rather than certificates of inspections when importing
Wines: Import Controls
8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of exempting micro-businesses from incoming regulations on the import of organic wines.