Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 115587
Controlled Burning: Health and Safety
Tabled: 24 February 2026
Answered: 4 March 2026
Question
James Cartlidge
Conservative — South Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the National Fire Chiefs Council’s 23 May 2025 consultation response that reducing preventative burns of
Answer
Mary CreaghPolicy officials and I met with representatives from the National Fire Chiefs Council (the NFCC) and Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) in June 2025, to discuss concerns raised in their consultation response. The officials present were those responsible for t...
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