Question follow-through · 97407
Environment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will publish a consolidated timetable for forthcoming environmental, biodiversity, water-regulation, land-use and planning-related legislation and statutory instrumen
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 15 Dec 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Common Land: Dartmoor · 5 Jan 2026
- Water Supply: South West · 21 Jan 2026
- Coastal Erosion: Flood Control · 26 Jan 2026
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Dartmoor · 23 Feb 2026
- Common Land: Biodiversity · 23 Feb 2026
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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
4 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will publish a consolidated timetable for forthcoming environmental, biodiversity, water-regulation, land-use and planning-related legislation and statutory instrumen
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Department will continue to bring forward legislation when parliamentary time allows. Any public commitments to legislate will follow the procedures set out by the Parliamentary Business and Legislation (PBL) Cabinet Committee.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Common Land: Dartmoor
5 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to review and reform Dartmoor Commons legislation this Parliament.
Water Supply: South West
21 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the hon. Member for Newton Abbot during the Oral Statement of 21 January 2026 on Water White Paper, Official Report column 347, i
Coastal Erosion: Flood Control
26 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether coastal resilience funding will be made available for the restoration and protection of Teignmouth pier.
Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Dartmoor
23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what specific targets the Department has set for improving the condition of SSSIs within Dartmoor National Park during this Parliament.
Common Land: Biodiversity
23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of stewardship payments in delivering measurable biodiversity outcomes on upland commons.
Common Land: Dartmoor
23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has held with the Dartmoor National Park Authority and Natural England regarding governance arrangements for commons management.
Common Land: National Landscapes
23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Department plans to review legislative frameworks governing commons management in protected landscapes.
Hill Farming: Dartmoor
23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the economic viability of upland farms on Dartmoor following the withdrawal of Basic Payment Scheme support.
Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Property Development
23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information Natural England is required to publish regarding its engagement with developers and planning authorities in cases involving Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
Wetlands
23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of whether existing policy guidance provides Natural England with sufficient powers to prevent cumulative ecological impacts on protected wetlands arising
Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Planning Permission
24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Department has made of how current planning policy frameworks influence the advisory and regulatory role of Natural England in relation to large housing allocations
Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Newton Abbot
24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, following the approval in June 2020 of outline planning permission for the NA3 Wolborough Barton development, including safeguarding conditions to protect Wolborough Fen SSSI, whether