Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 70370

Biodiversity

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

Sammy Wilson

Democratic Unionist PartyEast Antrim

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to Biodiversity Net Gain requirements for small and medium sites on nature.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Government will publish an impact assessment alongside its response to the consultation ‘Improving biodiversity net gain for minor, medium and brownfield development’.