Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 7838

Tabled: 8 June 2026

Question

David Simmonds

Conservative — Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the departmental blog entitled Biodiversity Net Gain: what's changing and what it means for you, published 20 April 2026, for what reason the existing exemption for s