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Livestock: Ammonia

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 23 April 2026UIN 128510

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of people living in close proximity to intensive livestock units experiencing elevated exposure to ammonia-related air pollution.

Answered by Emma Hardy

The department does not hold this data.

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