Agriculture: Nitrogen
Commons · Question 34183 · Tabled 26 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 24 Mar 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 (a) monitor and (b) track the effectiveness of measures to reduce nitrogen leaching from agriculture.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 24 Mar 2025
The Environment Agency (EA) is tasked with enforcing the Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations (Nitrate Regulations) and the Reduction and Prevention of Agricultural Diffuse Pollution Regulations (Farming Rules for Water (FRfW)). The EA monitors nitrat...