Environment Protection: Public Consultation
(asked on 23rd February 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the official response to the public consultation on Environmental Permitting Regulations which concluded last year.
Answered by
Emma Hardy
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 27th February 2026
The Government response to the public consultation on modernising environmental permitting for industry will be published in due course.
We welcome the input received from respondents to the consultation. The reforms will support innovation and improve the permitting framework.