Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 90165

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Correspondence

Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 1 December 2025

Question

Sammy Wilson

Democratic Unionist PartyEast Antrim

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to respond to the letter sent by the Moorland Association on 4 July 2025 on concerns that her Department's restrictions on vegetation management are increasin

Answer

Mary Creagh
The points this later raises on peatland management and wildfire have been discussed in subsequent correspondence and meetings with senior officials. The issues were also addressed in the government response to the consultation on amendments to the Heathe...

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