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Factory Farming: Animal Welfare and Environment Protection

Commons · Question 25127 · Tabled 20 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 28 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that planning reforms (a) take full account of environmental and animal welfare considerations and (b) empower local authorities to (i) re

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 28 Jan 2025

The Department works closely with the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government to deliver planning reforms with regular discussions on how the impacts of development can be fully considered and planning can improve outcomes for nature whilst e...