Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What steps his Department is taking to help protect moorland.”
Tabled: 28 August 2025Answered: 4 September 2025
Asked by
Alison Hume
Labour — Scarborough and Whitby
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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.