Every parliamentary written question tabled by Kemi Badenoch this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
Showing 1–4 of 4 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Government's planning policies on large-scale solar farms on food (a) production and (b) security in England.
The total area used for solar farms is very small, and – even in the most ambitious scenarios – solar farms will occupy less than 1% of the UK’s agricultural land, causing minimal impact on food production. We produce 62% of all the food we need, and 75% ...
Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September 2024 to Question 5409 on Recycling, what his planned timetable is for bringing forward the secondary legislation to meet the timescales set out i
The relevant legislation introducing Simpler Recycling in the Environment Act 2021, launched under a Government she was part of, has now come into force. This means that the requirements regarding separate collection of the core recyclable waste streams w...
Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department was consulted prior to the publication of the revised planning policy on onshore wind.
The planning policy on onshore wind was announced pre-election. It was supported by the voting public and has our full support.
Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the recommendations of the Mayor of London's London Climate Resilience Review to levy charges on households that pave their front gardens.
On 13 March 2024 the previous government published its response to the National Infrastructure Commission’s study into Reducing the risk of surface water flooding accepting four recommendations and partially accepting five. This included the recommendation to undertake a review of the effectiveness of all available options to manage unplanned increases in impermeable (or hard) surfaces, and their costs and benefits. Defra, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and other key stakeholders will be taking this review forward in due course. The Mayor of London's London Climate Resilience Review expanded on the impermeable surfaces review and recommended that “the government consider introducing stormwater charges for people who pave over gardens and incentives to remove paving”. We will consider whether to include this as part of the review during the scoping phase.