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Commons · Question 51447 · Tabled 12 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 21 May 2025

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Asked by James Wild

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to section 2.1 of HM Treasury’s policy paper entitled New approach to ensure regulators and regulation support growth, updated on 31 March 2025, which new initiatives ha

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 21 May 2025

Defra, jointly with Welsh Government are currently consulting on proposals to streamline the process for setting and amending exemptions within the environmental permitting framework, empowering regulators to operate in an agile and outcome-driven fashion...