Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 85821
Controlled Burning
Tabled: 28 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025
Question
Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative — Thirsk and Malton
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the ongoing Natural Environment Research Council study on the role of prescribed burns in re
Answer
Mary CreaghDefra will consider the outcomes of this study when published, as with all new evidence in this area.