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Recommendation 108
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The Home Builders Federation told us: “about two years ago, we wrote to Defra about...
Conclusion
The Home Builders Federation told us: “about two years ago, we wrote to Defra about [water and nutrient neutrality] and Defra said that it was a DLUHC matter; that it was nothing to do with it because it is housing. We had a similar response from DLUHC, which said that it was a Defra matter.” 148 The Minister for Housing and Planning and Homes England told us that there is now a ministerial level cross-government taskforce working to address nutrient pollution and resolve policy tensions. 149
Government Response
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