Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 36008
Livestock: Environment Protection
Tabled: 5 March 2025
Answered: 11 March 2025
Question
Terry Jermy
Labour — South West Norfolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of potential impact of intensive animal farming on (a) water ways and (b) agricultural land.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerAgriculture and rural land management is one of the greatest pressures on the water environment, impacting 45% of water bodies in England. We recognise intensive farming is not without risk. Intensive pig and poultry farms above specified size thresholds ...
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