{"value":{"id":1841237,"askingMemberId":4596,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-10-14T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-10-28T00:00:00","uin":"HL10970","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the spread of ragwort.","answeringBodyId":13,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4395,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-10-28T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The published Ragwort code of practice (<a href=\"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5cd93824e5274a38bf503d1d/code-of-practice-on-how-to-prevent-the-spread-of-ragwort.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5cd93824e5274a38bf503d1d/code-of-practice-on-how-to-prevent-the-spread-of-ragwort.pdf</a> ) is in place to provide advice to landowners and managers to prevent ragwort spreading where it presents a high risk of poisoning horses and livestock or spreading to fields used for the production of forage.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Ragwort: Weed Control","attachments":[{"url":"https://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/1841237/original/Code of Practice (ragwort).pdf","title":"Ragwort code of practice","fileType":"pdf","fileSizeBytes":627023}],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1841237","method":"GET"}]}