Question follow-through · 112293
Lighting: Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase awareness of the issues and impact surrounding light pollution.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 13 Feb 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase awareness of the issues and impact surrounding light pollution.
12 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises that good use of artificial light can contribute to preventing accidents, reducing crime and creating safer spaces and promoting the night-time economy, benefiting us all in various ways. The Government has put in place a range o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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