Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to convene the forthcoming National Wildfire Summit; and if she will provide an update on when the summit will take place.

Planning for the upcoming Wildfire summit is underway, and is being taken forward in collaboration with relevant departments and partners, including the Department for the Environment. Invites went out to partners and it is due to take place on Friday 23rd October in Merseyside.