§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if her Department will ask local authorities to publish their ragwort control policies; and if she will make a statement. [186075]
§ Alun MichaelThe Code of Practice on control of Ragwort that I published recently set out what needs to be done by all land managers including local authorities to prevent the spread of Ragwort. It recommends that where a medium or high risk to animal welfare from ragwort has been identified, land managers, including those with responsibility for public land, should put in place and implement a control policy.
It is for individual local authorities to decide their control policy and to decide whether to make their control policy publicly available.