Every parliamentary written question tabled by Adrian Ramsay this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is collecting data on the number of flexible crates being installed by pig farmers in England; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of that voluntary transition on the outcomes of the planned consultation on farrowing crate use.
Awaiting answer.
Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will undertake analysis of modifications required to farmed animal housing and transport in order to safeguard animal welfare in extreme heat.
Awaiting answer.
Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department holds on the number of farmed animals that have required veterinary attention and/or died on-farm or in transport as a result of heat stress or other extreme w
Awaiting answer.
Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment's identification of risks to livestock from multiple climate hazards as a priority risk area, what steps her Department is
Awaiting answer.
What assessment has been made of the potential merits to introduce universal newborn screening for the condition Progressive Spinal Muscle Atrophy.
Awaiting answer.
Whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of the United States withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change on biomass sustainability
Awaiting answer.
What assessment he has made of the potential impact of reliance on imports from countries that have withdrawn from international climate agreements on the UK's biomass strategy.
Awaiting answer.
Whether he plans to align future biomass sustainability criteria with the land-use, land-use change and forestry requirements set out in the EU Renewable Energy Directive III.
Awaiting answer.
Whether the proposed Common Biomass Sustainability Framework will require imported forest biomass to originate from countries that are Parties to the Paris Agreement.
Awaiting answer.
Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Department is taking towards a ban on bottom trawling in inshore waters.
Our comprehensive network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), now covering 40% of English waters, and over 50% of inshore waters, restrict bottom trawling in sensitive areas. Not all MPAs require restrictions on bottom trawling for example some mobile speci...
Innovation and Technology, what progress has been made to end the use of non-human primates in scientific testing.
The Government is committed to reducing the use of animals in science, including non‑human primates, through the Replacing Animals in Science strategy, which supports the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods. The use of non‑human prim...
Communities and Local Government, whether he has received representations from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on ensuring that the statutory duties of local highway authorities for
Officials in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have worked closely with those in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Transport during the development of the Local Outcomes Framework to ensu...
Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 83666, how new permanent legal rights of public access will be created through the Government's proposals for nine new river walks
Defra’s nine new river walks and three new national forests are being delivered as part of the wider commitment to ensure access to nature for everyone, as set out in the Environmental Improvement plan. Defra’s river walks programme has the potential to d...
Food and Rural Affairs, when the action plan for the Good Food Cycle will be published.
The Good Food Cycle, published in July 2025, set out the Government’s long-term vision for the UK food system, defining shared outcomes for a more resilient, affordable, healthy and sustainable future. Delivery against these outcomes is already underway a...
How many meetings Ministers and officials in his Department have held with representatives of the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign since September 2024; and whether his Department
We have made our position on this matter clear as set out to Parliament on the 29 January 2026. Women Against State Pension Inequality Ltd (WASPI) are seeking permission from the High Court to bring a Judicial Review on our response to the Ombudsman’s rep...
Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a list of external stakeholders who have been consulted on the development of legislation to end the sales and supply of horticultural peat products.
Defra has engaged extensively with a broad range of stakeholders in the development of policy to end the sale of peat and peat containing products. This has included representatives from the horticulture sector, environmental organisations, retailers, gro...
Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set out the timetable for the publication of information on the total annual use of peat in the UK horticultural market during the period 1 January to 31 December 2024.
Our contractors are currently collecting and collating the usage of peat and peat free alternative growing media for 2024 and 2025. We will publish this data in due course.
If she will take steps to a) remove the requirement for the Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner post to be filled, b) provide for the necessary functions of that role to be carried out by the County
Section 51 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 requires an election to be held to fill a vacancy in the office of Police and Crime Commissioner within 35 days of a vacancy being declared. While the government is taking steps to abolish...
What assessment she has made of the merits of holding a by-election for the role of Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner ahead of the abolition of that role in 2028; and what estimate she has made of
Section 51 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 requires an election to be held to fill a vacancy in the office of Police and Crime Commissioner within 35 days of a vacancy being declared. While the government is taking steps to abolish...
What assessment he has made of the potential merits of publishing in full the Joint Intelligence Committee strategic assessment, National security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and na
On 20 January 2026, the Government published the Nature security assessment, which examined the potential impacts that might arise from global biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation. It is a strategic assessment, developed across HM Government. It wa...