Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 69569

Grasslands: Conservation

Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025

Question

Luke Taylor

Liberal DemocratSutton and Cheam

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

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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