Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 73032
Monuments: Agriculture
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 October 2025
Question
Anna Gelderd
Labour — South East Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Foot and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of compliance with conservation obligations on scheduled monuments located within agricultural land; and what steps he is
Answer
Dame Angela EagleScheduled Monuments are protected via the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. Since 2013, positive management of Scheduled Monuments located within agricultural land, promoted through Defra’s agri-environment schemes, has helped to remove...
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