Rural Areas: Fire Prevention
Commons · Question 25096 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what long-term measures his Department is taking to improve the resilience of rural landscapes to wildfires, particularly in areas and West Dorset.
Answer
Answered by Jenny Riddell-Carpenter, 8 Sep 2026
The Government is delivering the change to land use needed to increase our resilience to the impacts of climate change. This includes restoring the peatlands, wetlands and woodlands that store carbon and reduce wildfire risk to farmland, homes, infrastruc...