Question follow-through · 92605

Controlled Burning

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2025 to Question 85203 on Peatlands: Fires, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the response by the Nati

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
19 Nov 2025
Target answer date
24 Nov 2025
Answer
25 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 19 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2025 to Question 85203 on Peatlands: Fires, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the response by the Nati

  2. 24 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 25 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    As set out in my answer of 31 October, the National Fire Chiefs’ Council (NFCC) responded to Defra’s consultation on heather and grass burning in England earlier this year. Their response is published on their website. The NFCC’s response was considered a...

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