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Environmental Health

Asked by Will StoneLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 11 March 2025UIN 31146

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a new national post of Chief Environmental Health Officer to provide leadership on enforcement.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

The government has no plans to create a new post of National Chief Environmental Health Officer.

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