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Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park

Commons · Question 104143 · Tabled 8 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 14 Jan 2026

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Asked by Sir Andrew Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2025 to Question 98739 on Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park, what steps her Department has taken since the decline in the condition of the p

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Answered by Mary Creagh, 14 Jan 2026

Natural England (NE) and the Forestry Commission are working with Birmingham City Council (BCC) to review on-site management to address the decline in habitat condition. This includes: improved grazing; addressing scrub and bracken encroachment; managemen...