Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 28224

Peatlands: Environment Protection

Tabled: 3 February 2025
Answered: 11 February 2025

Question

Olly Glover

Liberal DemocratDidcot and Wantage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) support the restoration of peatlands and (b) deliver the targets in the England Peat Action Plan.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Government recognises the importance of England’s peatlands, and in our manifesto, we committed to expanding nature-rich habitats such as peatlands. This will contribute to ensuring nature’s recovery, one of Defra’s five priorities. We have ambitions ...

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