A question on #NatureConservation #Lancashire tabled by Sir Mark Hendrick on 12-06-2025 has been answered by Mary Creagh.

Heading: Nature Conservation: Lancashire
Question ID: 1812174
UIN: 59306
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-12
Asking Member ID: 473
Asking Member display name: Sir Mark Hendrick
Asking Member handle: MpHendrick
Asking Member Twitter reference: @MpHendrick
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to protect (a) ancient woodlands, (b) coastal and estuarine habitats and (c) wetlands and reedbeds in Lancashire.
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Date answered: 2025-06-17
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Is correcting answer: false
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: We are investing up to £400 million each year for nature schemes. Defra recently conducted and published a review into how ancient woodland and ancient and veteran trees are protected by the National Planning Policy Framework. This revealed that the polic...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true