Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 118686

Moths: Conservation

Tabled: 9 March 2026
Answered: 16 March 2026

Question

Sir Mark Hendrick

Labour (Co-op)Preston

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent the loss of UK moth species.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Defra is committed to delivering legally binding biodiversity targets including halting the decline in species abundance by 2030, reversing declines by at least 10% by 2042 compared with 2030, and reducing risk of national species extinction by 2042. The ...

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