Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 37941

Biodiversity: Reviews

Tabled: 12 March 2025
Answered: 19 March 2025

Question

Cat Eccles

LabourStourbridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will conduct a review of the statutory framework for biodiversity net gain; and if he will take steps with environmental horticulture experts to include cultivated pl

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Government is working with stakeholders, including the horticulture sector, to monitor the implementation of biodiversity net gain to make sure it is working as intended.