Question follow-through · 101008

Firewood: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 16 December 2025 to question 98902 on the Environmental Improvement Plan, whether her Department plans to publish a formal consultation on domestic combustion

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
5 Jan 2026
Answer
6 Jan 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Environment and energy

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 16 December 2025 to question 98902 on the Environmental Improvement Plan, whether her Department plans to publish a formal consultation on domestic combustion

  2. 5 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    As outlined in the EIP, we will consult on further measures to reduce emissions from domestic burning.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Food: Retail Trade

25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of market concentration in the food retail industry on (a) consumers and (b) suppliers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Poultry: Ammonia

22 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the level of ammonia pollution from poultry farming.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Food: Waste

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing legal regulations to mandate the donation of surplus edible food from supermarkets to food redistribution organisati

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Air Pollution: Standards

15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance, capability standards and funding her Department provides to strategic authorities and mayors to help them improve air quality.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Air Pollution: Departmental Coordination

15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to coordinate transport, health, housing and environmental policy to reduce air pollution and exposure.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Air Pollution: Standards

15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to support the introduction of a new Clean Air Act with statutory air quality targets aligned with WHO guidelines.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Air Pollution: Standards

15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will develop a national approach to indoor air quality that brings together housing, planning and public health.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Air Pollution: Standards

15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will give local and strategic authorities the guidance, resources and funding to tackle poor indoor air quality.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Air Pollution: Standards

15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that improvements in air quality are maintained by local authorities which have achieved compliance and had statutory air quality directions lifted.