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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which measures he has implemented from the National Air Pollution Control Programme, dated March 2019 and published on 1 April 2019, to reduce ammonia emissions.

The measures to reduce ammonia emissions from agriculture implemented to date include:

• Publication of a Code of Good Agricultural Practice (COGAP) for reducing ammonia emissions, 2018, in collaboration with the farming industry.

• Delivery of financial support through Countryside Stewardship and Countryside Productivity schemes to enable and encourage investment in the farm infrastructure and equipment.

• Delivery of a programme of advice, demonstration and case-studies on reducing ammonia emissions through the Catchment Sensitive Farming partnership.

• A Consultation on policy options to reduce ammonia emissions from urea fertilisers. A Government response will be published shortly.

• The Environment Agency is working with the farming industry to develop Best Available Techniques that will underpin an extension of Environmental Permitting to the dairy and intensive beef sectors.