Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 16418

Fire Prevention

Tabled: 7 July 2026

Answered: 14 July 2026

Question

Sir Julian Smith

Conservative — Skipton and Ripon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce wildfires.

Answer

Mary Creagh

Defra with its executive agencies, ALBs and through the Protected Landscapes, encourage landscape scale land management to help increase wildfire resilience, including through the adoption of good quality wildfire management plans. We are also working clo...

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