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Agriculture: Solar Power |
| Question ID: |
1818241 |
| UIN: |
64101 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-01 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4781 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Luke Evans
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drlukeevans
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@drlukeevans
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of good quality agricultural land being used for the development of large scale solar farms. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-09 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1579 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mary Creagh
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| Answering Member handle: |
marycreagh_
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@marycreagh_
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| Answer text: |
Defra produces statistical estimates of agricultural land areas each year from the annual June Survey of Agriculture: In 2024, the utilised agricultural area (UAA) in England was 8.7 million hectares and this has remained broadly stable, only changing by ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |