Blake Stephenson

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of wildlife management and protection legislation in relation to (a) the number and (b) nature of (i) reported offences an

2 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Development: Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 70 of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s publication entitled Economic and Fiscal Outlook of March 2025, whether her Department has made an assessment

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that the Spending Review recognises the contribution of the nature friendly farming budget in (a) supporting farmers, (b) restoring nature and (c) tackling climate ch

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Coal: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2025 to Question 50278 on Coking Coal: Imports, if he will encourage businesses to source coal domestically used in (a) steel making, (b) the cement and chemi

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Grid: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will confirm when his Department will publish a fully-costed plan to achieve a Net Zero power grid by 2030.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Artifical Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Experimental AI could help councils meet housing targets by digitising records, published on 19 April 2025, if she will issue guidanc

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of how long housing delivery of 300,000 per year would need to be sustained to result in a reduction in the ratio of wages to house prices to 1997 le

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, over what period her Department plans to require housing supply of 370,000 houses per year.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: New Towns

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities that have expressed interest in hosting a new town on the impact of the new town on their housing targets.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: New Towns

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the New Towns Taskforce will be able to recommend sites for new towns that include land already allocated for strategic development.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to give Mayors the power to allocate new towns.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: Local Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the New Towns Taskforce on the willingness of local authorities to allocate new towns through their local plans.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the minutes of formal discussions between Ministers and the New Towns Taskforce.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Coastal Erosion and Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance entitled New national flood and coastal erosion risk information, published on 25 March 2025, whether she has made an assessment of the potential i

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Coastal Erosion and Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance entitled New national flood and coastal erosion risk information, published on 25 March 2025, whether her Department plans to have discussions with

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it his Department's policy that the New Towns Taskforce will be able to allocate new towns on areas of functional floodplain.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance entitled New national flood and coastal erosion risk information, published on 25 March 2025, if she will hold discussions with the Planning Inspe

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the merits of publishing proposals received by the New Towns Taskforce but which are not taken forward.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Land Banking

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of trends in the level of land banking by developers.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Environmental Delivery Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2025 to Question 44048 on Environmental Delivery Plans, whether measures that require permanent maintenance will be funded from the initial lev

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Natural England: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to funding to Natural England for national landscapes on important (a) habitats and (b) wildlife.

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many 1 in 100 year flooding events have occurred in Bedfordshire since 2010.

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of installing new flood mitigations in Maulden, Bedfordshire.

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Owner Occupation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's guidance, new national flood and coastal erosion risk information, published on 25 March 2025, if he will write to home owners now classified as bein

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's guidance, New national flood and coastal erosion risk information, published on 25 March 2025, whether his Department has had discussions with local

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Owner Occupation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's guidance, New national flood and coastal erosion risk information, published on 25 March 2025, what steps he is taking to support home owners now cla

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's guidance, New national flood and coastal erosion risk information, published on 25 March 2025, if he will make an estimate of the number of houses in

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the guidance entitled New national flood and coastal erosion risk information, published on 25 March 2025, whether he has had discussions with the insurance sector on

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to improve sustainable drainage since July 2024.

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Landscapes: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of the report entitled Delivering economic growth and nature recovery: an independent review of Defra’s regulatory landscape, publishe