Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 26866

Peatlands: Controlled Burning

Tabled: 28 January 2025
Answered: 5 February 2025

Question

Abtisam Mohamed

LabourSheffield Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to enforce the ban on peat burning in England.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Defra takes any allegations of breaches of The Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021 seriously and has developed a robust triage and assessment process with the support of Natural England and Defra’s Counter Fraud and Investigations (C...

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