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Commons · Question 90530 · Tabled 12 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 20 Nov 2025

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Asked by Charlotte Cane

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

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 20 Nov 2025

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 ...