Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 32811

Tabled: 9 October 2026

Question

Jesse Norman

Conservative — Hereford and South Herefordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the Department plans to reduce the complexity, cost and time for landowners to obtain the required licences to carry out repairs, tree management and flood mitigations on water cou