Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 60679

Grasslands

Tabled: 17 June 2025
Answered: 24 June 2025

Question

John Whitby

LabourDerbyshire Dales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has a (a) grassland policy group and (b) person responsible for grassland policy.

Answer

Mary Creagh
There is no single group responsible for grassland policy, as policies affecting grasslands cut across several Defra policy areas. These include Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMs), National Biodiversity, Protected Sites and Protected Landscapes....

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