Environment Protection: Tourism
Commons · Question 36988 · Tabled 10 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of limiting protections within designated (a) Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and (b) National Parks on the tourism sector.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 18 Mar 2025
This Government is committed to retaining the existing protections in national planning policy for National Parks, National Landscapes and The Broads (Protected Landscapes). We have committed to supporting our Protected Landscapes to become greener, wilde...