| Heading: |
Agriculture: Land Use |
| Question ID: |
1807609 |
| UIN: |
56041 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5285 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Katie Lam
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| Asking Member handle: |
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Katie Lam
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much agricultural land has been converted for solar panel use in (a) England, (b) Kent and (c) Weald of Kent constituency in the last 10 years. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-12 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4520 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Matthew Pennycook
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| Answering Member handle: |
mtpennycook
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@mtpennycook
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The government places great importance upon our agricultural land and food production. The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that planning policies and decisions should recognise the benefits of the Best and Most Versatile Agricultural Land (lan... |
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| Answering body ID: |
7 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| Tweeted: |
true |