Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 90530

Wetlands

Tabled: 12 November 2025

Answered: 20 November 2025

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal Democrat — Ely and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help maintain the Fens.

Answer

Mary Creagh

Over 600,000 people live in the Fens, the region generates over £58 billion of benefits. Sustaining the system is getting more challenging in the face of a changing climate.Through Fens 2100+ the Environment Agency (EA) aims to transform how it maintains ...

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