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Methane: Departmental Coordination

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how her Department is working with other departments to coordinate delivery of the Government’s methane reduction commitments.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
12 Feb 2026
Target answer date
24 Feb 2026
Answer
24 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how her Department is working with other departments to coordinate delivery of the Government’s methane reduction commitments.

  2. 24 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    We are working closely with other departments to coordinate delivery of the Government’s methane reduction commitments. Alongside the Carbon Budget Growth Delivery Plan, we published our Methane Action Plan detailing historic progress on methane abatement...

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