Government Departments: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 80154 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Charlotte Cane
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure whether existing policies are rural proofed.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 20 Oct 2025
The Government has made a commitment that all policy decision-making should be rural proofed, ensuring that rural areas are not overlooked and that the intended outcomes are deliverable in rural areas. Defra leads on rural proofing, but individual departm...