Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 118765

Foot and Mouth Disease: Contamination

Tabled: 9 March 2026
Answered: 24 March 2026

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department and its agencies have issued guidance to local planning authorities and planning applicants on development (a) on and (b) near land previously used as a foot and

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Defra does not issue guidance on development on, or near land, previously used as a FMD pit.