Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 83666

Countryside: Access

Tabled: 20 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025

Question

Andy MacNae

LabourRossendale and Darwen

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department will take steps to publish a green paper to expand access to nature.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Government is committed to taking action to improve access to nature and recognises the importance of this issue. We are already taking steps to expand public access to nature, for example through our commitment to creating nine new river walks and th...

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