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Poultry: Farms

Asked by Mr Lee DillonLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 23 September 2025UIN 75204

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to lower the threshold for the number of poultry places permitted on a farm before an environmental permit is required.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The department has no current plans to lower this threshold.

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