Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 64714

Grasslands: Conservation

Tabled: 3 July 2025
Answered: 8 July 2025
Named Day

Question

Sir Desmond Swayne

ConservativeNew Forest West

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will add irreplaceable meadows to the list of irreplaceable habitats.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Irreplaceable habitat includes some of England’s most ecologically valuable habitats. The list of irreplaceable habitats in the biodiversity net gain regulations reflects the non-exhaustive list of examples of irreplaceable habitat in the National Plannin...

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