Controlled Burning
(asked on 8th July 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will review the effectiveness of the Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021 given evidence from the RSPB and Unearthed suggesting widespread breaches.
This question was answered on 22nd July 2022
Reports of suspected unlawful burning received by Defra are being assessed and reviewed. Early indications are that only a small number of those presented to us may represent a potential breach of the regulations.
Suspected breaches will be investigated, with the outcomes forming part of our ongoing review of the effectiveness of the Regulations.