Question follow-through · 385
Agriculture: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessments her department has made of the benefits to a) the environment and b) animal welfare of a more supportive planning system for agricultural applications.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 19 May 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessments her department has made of the benefits to a) the environment and b) animal welfare of a more supportive planning system for agricultural applications.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 May 2026
Answer published
Defra is exploring how to improve the planning system for key food and farming infrastructure and working closely with MHCLG, Natural England and the Environment Agency to deliver on these priorities. This Government is delivering the biggest reform to pl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Food: Import Duties
21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of suspending tariffs on supermarket foods on British producers.
Pigs: Livestock Industry
5 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the Fair Dealing Obligations (Pig) Regulations 2025.
Pigs: Livestock Industry
5 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect independent pig producers.
Pigs: Livestock Industry
5 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings ministers have had with a) independent pig producers or b) representatives of the pig industry since 5 September 2025.
Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department holds on the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in areas where badger culls have been undertaken.
Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the strategy and outcomes of Ireland's Bovine Tuberculosis Programme as a model for tackling the spread of tuberculosis.
Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the economic effect on farmers of cattle culling in areas with a high incidence of bovine tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis: Disease Control
10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to eradicate the spread of tuberculosis among wildlife and livestock.
Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination
10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to help develop an effective vaccine to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis.
Bovine Tuberculosis: Testing
10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the reliability of the tuberculin skin test currently used for detecting bovine tuberculosis.
Environmental Land Management Schemes: Finance
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the focus on increased funding for Environmental Land Management schemes as part of the new drought support package on the abili
Agriculture: Water
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the water management grant of up to £15 million, within the drought support package.