Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 16024

Peatlands: Fire Prevention

Tabled: 6 July 2026

Answered: 10 July 2026

Question

Jamie Stone

Liberal Democrat — Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the scientific evidence on rewetting peatland and other habitats and resilience to wildfire; and what her Department's strategy is for reduci

Answer

Mary Creagh

As part of its delivery of the Third National Adaptation Programme, Defra has commissioned a wildfire and peatland study, which includes looking at the impact of peat restoration on building wildfire resilience into the landscape. The Government recognise...

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