Oral QuestionDepartment for Transport

“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”

Tabled: 27 January 2022Answered: 3 February 2022

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Transport

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs (Daniel Zeichner)

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs works with others to protect moorland by restoring peatland, managing grazing and reducing practices that in some cases can be harmful, such as burning. Those steps make peatland wetter to help reduce the impact of wildfires. We are reviewing the existing protection and will announce the next steps shortly.