Question follow-through · 111495
Hydrofluorocarbons: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many responses her Department received to the consultation entitled Amending the hydrofluorocarbon phasedown schedule.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 6 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 12 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many responses her Department received to the consultation entitled Amending the hydrofluorocarbon phasedown schedule.
10 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Feb 2026
Answer published
137 responses to the consultation were received. Defra is currently considering their contents.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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