Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 100702
Controlled Burning
Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 23 December 2025
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the weighted scores given to the academic studies reviewed by Natural England in its paper on the effects of managed burning (NEER155); and i
Answer
Mary CreaghNo such assessment has been made by Defra. This is because NEER155 went through rigorous peer review prior to publication, with all external peer reviewers being leading peatland experts at major universities and other expert institutions. NEER155 is the ...
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