Question follow-through · 101506
Wood-burning Stoves
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to introduce restrictions on the number of wood burning stoves permitted per residential property; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 6 Jan 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to introduce restrictions on the number of wood burning stoves permitted per residential property; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jan 2026
Answer published
We have no plans to introduce restrictions on the number of wood burning stoves permitted per residential property. In the recently published Environmental Improvement Plan 2025 we committed to consult on new measures to cut emissions from domestic combus...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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