Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 77864
Non-native Species: Weed Control
Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 16 October 2025
Question
Alex Brewer
Liberal Democrat — North East Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to support (a) businesses and (b) individuals in removing (i) Japanese knotweed and (ii) other invasive plant species.
Answer
Mary CreaghDefra recognises the impacts caused by invasive non-native plant species (INNPs), including Japanese knotweed. Japanese knotweed is listed on Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. This makes it an offence to cause Japanese knotweed to grow ...
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