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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will respond to Early Day Motion 1711, tabled on 17 October 2018, entitled proposed ban on burning of house coal and wet wood; and if he will make a statement.

I am aware of the hon. Member’s Early Day Motion. Our consultation on a proposed ban on the sale of house coal and wet wood sold in small volumes closed in October and we are now analysing responses. As part of this we will be considering points raised by a wide range of stakeholders and others.