Biodiversity
Commons · Question 900425 · Tabled 5 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 13 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Christine Jardine
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle biodiversity loss.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 13 Sep 2024
Britain’s nature is in crisis. Nearly half of our bird species and a quarter of our mammal species are at risk of national extinction. Biodiversity has been declining at an unprecedented rate since 1970. That is why this Government has wasted no time in a...