Question follow-through · 127286
Biofuels: Power Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the closure of bioenergy power stations which burn agricultural waste, including straw and poultry litter, after the
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 14 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 23 Apr 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the closure of bioenergy power stations which burn agricultural waste, including straw and poultry litter, after the
16 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Apr 2026
Answer published
While operators of Renewables Obligation accredited generators will have been aware of the expiry of their entitlement to Renewables Obligations Certificates for some time, Defra recognises the potential for adverse environmental consequences of the endin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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