| Heading: |
Trees: Cultural Heritage |
| Question ID: |
1810518 |
| UIN: |
HL8233 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-09 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4719 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
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| Asking Member handle: |
natalieben
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@natalieben
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the importance of people’s social and cultural connections to trees, as seen in the recent losses of the Sycamore Gap tree and the Whitewebbs oak tree; and, given the widespread threats fac |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-17 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4395 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
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| Answering Member handle: |
suehayman1
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@suehayman1
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| Answer text: |
Defra has funded projects through Forest Research to explore methods for quantifying the social and cultural value of trees, woodlands, and forests at risk from pests and diseases. A recent evaluation estimates that these natural assets contribute approxi... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |