Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 80154
Government Departments: Rural Areas
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Charlotte Cane
Liberal Democrat — Ely and East Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure whether existing policies are rural proofed.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe Government has made a commitment that all policy decision-making should be rural proofed, ensuring that rural areas are not overlooked and that the intended outcomes are deliverable in rural areas. Defra leads on rural proofing, but individual departm...
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