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Written Question
Agriculture: Infrastructure
Thursday 20th March 2025

Asked by: Gagan Mohindra (Conservative - South West Hertfordshire)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of infrastructure developments on agricultural land.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

The Government has launched a national conversation on land use in England. This includes the commitment to protect land with the greatest long-term potential for food production, whilst delivering on the potential of our landscapes to produce more energy and build 1.5 million homes. This will inform a Land Use Framework that is a win-win for development and nature.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Support for British Farming

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I applaud my hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Simon Jupp) for securing this important debate.

It was not that long ago that throughout the House we were celebrating the Back British Farming campaign. I am conscious that …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 12 Oct 2022
Sewage Discharges

"It is a pleasure to serve under you chairmanship, Ms Elliott. I start by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Bexhill and Battle (Huw Merriman) for bring this important debate to the Chamber. Over 1,200 of my constituents responded to the petition—the third highest number from any constituency—but I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Sep 2022
Sewage Pollution

"My beautiful South West Hertfordshire constituency has the River Chess going through it. Jon Tyler is the last watercress farmer along the River Chess. Can my right hon. Friend give me assurance that the Environment Act, as is, is the best way to ensure that his business remains successful in …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 24 May 2022
Fly-tipping and Illegal Dumping

"It is a real honour to speak in this important debate, Sir Mark. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Meriden (Saqib Bhatti) on securing it. I should declare an interest as a former councillor for many years.

I think we are on a journey. When I first got …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 04 Feb 2022
Animals (Penalty Notices) Bill

"I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell) and join him in his glowing tribute to David Amess, who I am sure would have been in this place today to witness the Third Reading of the Bill.

My hon. Friend has worked hard to champion animal penalty …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 21 Jan 2022
Hare Coursing Bill

"I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North East Bedfordshire (Richard Fuller) on bringing the Bill to the House and welcome the Government’s support for it. I am soon due to visit a kennel in my local council area, Dacorum. Many colleagues will be bored with my saying it, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Dec 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"1. What recent progress he has made on implementing the provisions of the Environment Act 2021. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Dec 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Secretary of State for those words. In my beautiful constituency of South West Hertfordshire, as he will be aware, we have some stunning chalk streams, including the rivers Chess, Bulbourne and Gade, so I am glad to see the additional protections that the Environment Act offers. I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 19 Nov 2021
Glue Traps (Offences) Bill

"I thank my hon. Friend for filling in for my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton North East (Jane Stevenson). How can she be sure that the proposed restrictions on the use of glue traps will not lead to problems with rodent control?..."
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