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Baroness Sheehan (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 23 February 2026

Debate

Global Biodiversity Loss and National Security

Contribution

My Lords, the assessment is explicit that nature is a foundation of national security, yet independent analysis, not least by the Government’s own watchdog, the OEP, in its recent annual report, shows that the UK is not on track to meet its own nature recovery targets, thereby increasing domestic risk. How do the Government reconcile this security assessment with current trajectories on the Environment Act targets and land use policies?

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