Nature Conservation
Commons · Question 29253 · Tabled 11 Sep 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 21 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Alex Barros-Curtis
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to scale up peatland restoration, woodland expansion and wetland recovery.
Answer
Answered by Jenny Riddell-Carpenter, 21 Sep 2026
This Government is investing over £1 billion in tree planting and support to the forestry sector over this parliament, as well as £85 million between 2026 and 2030 to improve and restore our peatlands, including extending the Nature for Climate Peatland G...