Source · Select Committees · Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Recommendation 18
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Improve Defra's communication with Parliament, ensuring policy statements are subject to proper scrutiny.
Recommendation
Defra must improve its communications with Parliament and ensure that statements regarding policy are made in the House and subject to voluntary and proper scrutiny. Defra should affirm its commitment to doing so in its response to this report. (Recommendation, Paragraph 63) 35
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 3 September 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗