Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 97581
Government Departments: Nature Conservation
Tabled: 5 December 2025
Answered: 11 December 2025
Named DayQuestion
Chris Hinchliff
Labour — North East Hertfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider establishing a duty on all government departments to consider nature recovery in their work.
Answer
Mary CreaghUnder the Environment Act 2021, the existing duty in s40 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 was strengthened. This now requires that all Government departments must consider the action they can take, consistent with the exercise of ...
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