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Lord Vaux of Harrowden (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 12 March 2026

Debate

Peatland Restoration

Contribution

My Lords, I declare my interest as a trustee of the Galloway Fisheries Trust and chairman of the Fleet District Salmon Fishery Board. The single biggest cause of peatland destruction has been the historic indiscriminate planting of non-native conifers on peatlands. About 18% of UK peatland has been destroyed in that way. While new planting on deep peat is rightly no longer allowed, the position of replanting after felling is not so clear. Can the noble Lord assure me that replanting of conifer woodland on peatland will not be allowed and that the peatland will be restored after felling?

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