Peatlands: Conservation
Commons · Question 44672 · Tabled 7 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help restore peatlands.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 23 Apr 2025
The Government recognises the importance of England’s peatlands, and in our manifesto, we committed to expanding nature-rich habitats such as peatlands. This will contribute to ensuring nature’s recovery, one of Defra’s five priorities. We have ambitions ...