Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 25127

Factory Farming: Animal Welfare and Environment Protection

Tabled: 20 January 2025

Answered: 28 January 2025

Question

Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that planning reforms (a) take full account of environmental and animal welfare considerations and (b) empower local authorities to (i) re

Answer

Mary Creagh

The Department works closely with the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government to deliver planning reforms with regular discussions on how the impacts of development can be fully considered and planning can improve outcomes for nature whilst e...

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