Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 108248

Agriculture: Water

Tabled: 26 January 2026
Answered: 9 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Victoria Atkins

ConservativeLouth and Horncastle

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled A New Vision for Water, published on 20 January 2026, what estimate she has made of the number of cattle farms that could be imp

Answer

Emma Hardy
Government announced its intention to develop options for consultation on extension of environmental permitting to dairy and intensive beef farms through the Environmental Improvement Plan published in December last year. The Government is looking to deve...

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