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Ammonia: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her department is taking to ensure the Environment Agency has the necessary direction and resource to develop permitting guidance for novel low-carbon ammonia projects, to s

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
17 Mar 2026
Target answer date
19 Mar 2026
Answer
23 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 17 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her department is taking to ensure the Environment Agency has the necessary direction and resource to develop permitting guidance for novel low-carbon ammonia projects, to s

  2. 19 Mar 2026

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  3. 23 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Defra officials are closely engaging with the Environment Agency (EA) about the regulation of novel low-carbon ammonia technologies. EA colleagues are reviewing areas where further work is required to support permitting of these technologies and have been...

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