Victoria Atkins:

Division Vote (Commons)
23 Feb 2026 - Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill - View Vote Context
Victoria Atkins (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 81 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 361 Noes - 84

Division Vote (Commons)
23 Feb 2026 - Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill - View Vote Context
Victoria Atkins (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 76 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 156 Noes - 273

Written Question

Agriculture: Water

Thursday 12th February 2026

Asked by: Victoria Atkins (Conservative - Louth and Horncastle)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled A New Vision for Water, published on 20 January 2026, what estimate she has made of the average annual cost of complying with the environmental permit regime for an average cattle farm.

Answered by Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

An environmental permit would require regulated businesses to apply measures to reduce pollution. The cost of complying with a permit would depend on which pollution measures they would be required to adopt, which would depend largely on the type of farm and the risk it poses to the environment.

Division Vote (Commons)
11 Feb 2026 - Local Government Finance - View Vote Context
Victoria Atkins (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 85 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 277 Noes - 143

Division Vote (Commons)
11 Feb 2026 - Climate Change - View Vote Context
Victoria Atkins (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 92 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 362 Noes - 107

Written Question

Agriculture: Water

Monday 9th February 2026

Asked by: Victoria Atkins (Conservative - Louth and Horncastle)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled A New Vision for Water, published on 20 January 2026, what estimate she has made of the number of cattle farms that could be impacted by an extension of the environmental permit regime.

Answered by Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Government announced its intention to develop options for consultation on extension of environmental permitting to dairy and intensive beef farms through the Environmental Improvement Plan published in December last year. The Government is looking to develop a proportionate risk-based approach with requirements focussed on the most polluting farms.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Oral Answers to Questions

"The EU reset deal is predicted to slash around a third of the Government’s farming budget from farm profits in its first year, cause higher food prices and lower food production, and sink the UK fishing industry. As the Prime Minister’s authority seeps away, will the Secretary of State insist …..."
Victoria Atkins - View Speech

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Oral Answers to Questions

"For goodness’ sake, if the Government are still negotiating, the Secretary of State needs to deal with the matters I have raised. It is not just the farming sector that they are damaging; it is the entire rural economy. Rural and coastal businesses tell me that they simply cannot afford …..."
Victoria Atkins - View Speech

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