Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 80760

Controlled Burning: Pollution Control

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Siân Berry

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing the powers of local authorities to (a) monitor and (b) take steps to help tackle (i) air pollu

Answer

Emma Hardy

Local authorities are responsible for monitoring and assessing air quality within their areas and have powers to act when exceedances of air quality objectives are identified. As a result of the recent amendments to the Heather and Grass etc. Burning (Eng...

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