Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 23 September 2025.
Rosie Duffield
Independent, Canterbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to review conflict of interest rules within the IFCA framework to ensure the industry appointed members can meaningfully contribute to decisions whilst maintaining transparency.
Angela Eagle
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The statutory report on the IFCA conduct and operations was published in February along with the Government response. Ensuring transparency in decision making processes was a key improvement. Defra are working with IFCAs to action recommendations. In particular developing consistent guidance supporting industry members will develop including avoiding conflicts of interest.
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