Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 102114
Tree Planting: Oxford-Cambridge Arc
Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 9 January 2026
Question
Alex Mayer
Labour — Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of afforestation on hydrology in the Oxford–Cambridge Forest region.
Answer
Mary CreaghAs part of our approach to the New National Forest in the OxCam region -spatial data will be used to prioritise sites for woodland creation that will deliver public benefits such as flood management and mitigation as well as other water management functio...
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