A question on #Peatlands #LandscapeRecoveryScheme tabled by Sir Julian Smith on 30-05-2025 has been answered by Mary Creagh.

Heading: Peatlands: Landscape Recovery Scheme
Question ID: 1806288
UIN: 54755
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-30
Asking Member ID: 4118
Asking Member display name: Sir Julian Smith
Asking Member handle: JulianSmithuk
Asking Member Twitter reference: @JulianSmithuk
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure continuity of funding for peatland restoration between the closure of the Nature for Climate Peatland Grant Scheme and the full implementa
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Date answered: 2025-06-09
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Answering Member ID: 1579
Answering Member display name: Mary Creagh
Answering Member handle: marycreagh_
Answering Member Twitter reference: @marycreagh_
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Answer text: The Government recognises the importance of England’s peatlands, and in our manifesto, we committed to expanding nature-rich habitats such as wetlands and peat bogs. This will contribute to ensuring nature’s recovery, one of Defra’s five priorities. We ha...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true