Peatlands: Conservation
Commons · Question 63769 · Tabled 30 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of peatland recovery on the level of flood risk in Mid Bedfordshire constituency.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 7 Jul 2025
The improvement of peatlands brings multiple benefits for biodiversity, reduction in carbon emissions and also flood-risk management. In the Mid Bedfordshire constituency, Defra is currently funding a Lowland Agricultural Peat Water Discovery Pilot projec...