Question follow-through · 4947

Land: Contamination

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help clean up contaminated land.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
29 May 2026
Target answer date
2 Jun 2026
Answer
4 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help clean up contaminated land.

  2. 2 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, local authorities have a duty to inspect and identify contaminated land and require its remediation. In addition, the Government’s recently published PFAS Plan sets out actions to improve our underst...

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