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1660506

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Environment Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report by Global Witness entitled, Standing Firm, published on 13 September 2023, what steps his Department is taking to help to protect people who focus on protecting (a) land and (b) the environment around the world.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	199449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>Human rights defenders (HRDs) and civil society organisations, including those working to protect land or the environment, are supported through the bilateral engagement of our global network of Embassies and High Commissions and, importantly, through multilateral organisations. In 2019, the Government published guidance entitled 'UK support for Human Rights Defenders' which sets out what we could and would do to support HRDs. The FCDO also monitors repression of HRDs and civil society in its annual Human Rights and Democracy Report, most recently published in July 2023.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 22/09/2023 14:22:24 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1564692

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environment Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release published 28 September 2020 entitled PM commits to protect 30% of UK land in boost for biodiversity, what percentage of (a) land and (b) sea is currently protected.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	117981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to protecting 30% of land and sea in the UK by 2030 (30by30). On land, 28% of the UK and 26% of England is currently designated as a protected area. We recognise, however, that many of these areas are not delivering for nature as they could. We consulted on our approach to 30by30 in the Nature Recovery Green Paper, which closed in May 2022. We are now in the process of analysing responses and will publish a Government response on conclusion of this exercise.</p><p><br> Nearly 8.3% of the global ocean is now protected. We have established a comprehensive network of Marine Protected Areas covering 40% of English waters, and we are now focusing on making sure they are properly protected.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 23/01/2023 17:06:21 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1672309

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environment Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 16 June 2020 to Question 57159 on Environment Protection, when he plans to embed the environmental principles detailed in Section 17 of the Environment Act 2021 into HM Treasury’s Green Book.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	3179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>The Environment Act 2021 places a new legal duty on Ministers to have due regard to the environmental principles policy statement when making policy. The policy statement sets out how to interpret and proportionately apply the five environmental principles, to put the environment at the heart of policy across government. The duty came into force on 1 November 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Application of the policy statement in appraisals is part of the Green Book process. The Green Book landing page on GOV.UK highlights the new legal duty and revised guidance on Enabling a Natural Capital Approach provides additional detail. The Green Book itself will be updated next year to reflect the duty.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 29/11/2023 16:24:25 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1504131

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environment Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to section 8 of the Environment Act 2021, what steps his Department is taking to include measures to improve people's enjoyment of the natural environment in future environmental improvement plans.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	45765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>Under the Environment Act, the Government must report annually on the implementation of its 25 Year Environment Plan and review it every five years through publishing a revised Environmental Improvement Plan. In January 2023 we will publish the first EIP that sets out, across 10 goal areas, our cross-government targets/commitments (including Environment Act interim and long-term targets) and the strategies/policies in train to deliver against them.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is delivering programmes to improve people’s enjoyment of the natural environment including: completing the England Coast Path; delivering the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme; leading the cross-government green social prescribing programme and establishing the new Coast to Coast National Trail across the North of England. We are also working across Government and with environmental organisations, businesses and wider society to implement measures to improve people’s enjoyment of nature. The publication of the upcoming Environmental Improvement Plan will summarise delivery of work to increase access to nature across Government to date, and our plans and ambitions for delivering more in this space over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/09/2022 17:12:19 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1518917

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environment Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department’s press release on 22 September, entitled UK government to set its own laws for its own people as Brexit Freedoms Bill introduced, if he will make it his policy to strengthen the UK’s environmental standards by (a) incorporating climate change into the habitats regulations and (b) ruling out development in or impacting directly on important sites for nature.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	58970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>Nature is in need of our help, so HM Government has set a legally binding target to halt its decline by 2030. In March this year, we published the Nature Recovery Green Paper setting out our proposals to reform our system of protections to better support this ambitious work, including the Habitats Regulations. The Green Paper is available <a href="https://consult.defra.gov.uk/nature-recovery-green-paper/nature-recovery-green-paper/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Our proposals seek to create a system that better reflects the latest science and impending impacts of climate change, our domestic species and habitats, and helps us to achieve our significant goals to recover nature.</p><p> </p><p>The Nature Recovery Green Paper consultation closed on 11th May and we are now in the process of analysing responses. HM Government will publish a formal response in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Scott Mann grouped question UIN 59594 question first answered 31/10/2022 10:51:05 answering member 4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1549963

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environment Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, why the publication of the final Environmental Principles Policy Statement has been delayed; and when that Statement will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	106472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>We have been considering feedback from Parliamentary scrutiny and from the Office for Environmental Protection on the draft environmental principles policy statement. We hope to agree the final policy statement in the coming weeks, and to publish it in early 2023.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 15/12/2022 15:53:20 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1600245

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environment Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who the lead Minister in her Department was at the commencement of work that led to the Environmental Improvement Plan 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	156117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>The Environmental Improvement Plan and its five-yearly review are requirements of the Environment Act, which was commenced 9th November 2021. The Secretary of State is responsible for delivery of those commitments within the Act.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 09/03/2023 15:50:19 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1549962

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environment Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to consult with the (a) public and (b) relevant stakeholders on the Environmental Improvement Plan before 31 January 2023; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	106471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>Defra ran a number of public consultations in 2022, including those on long term targets and on nature recovery as well as on a range of individual policies. We do not plan to overlay these with a further public consultation. This was the approach taken for the original 25 Year Environment Plan.</p><p>The revised plan will be subject to the relevant scrutiny and parliamentary laying procedures as set out in the Environment Act 2021.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 13/12/2022 17:27:47 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1523097

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environment Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to repeal any environmental protections in the current Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	63961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>We have been clear about the importance of environmental protection across the United Kingdom, not least through our world leading Environment Act, which includes a legally binding target to halt the decline of nature by 2030.  We are committed to meeting this target and will not undermine our obligations to the environment in pursuit of growth.</p><p>Earlier this year we published a Nature Recovery Green Paper, setting out proposals to reform our system of protections, including the Habitats Regulations. The Nature Recovery Green Paper consultation closed in May and we are now in the process of analysing responses.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 63960 63962 question first answered 25/10/2022 20:45:29 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1523098

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environment Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce new environmental protections in this Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	63962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>We have been clear about the importance of environmental protection across the United Kingdom, not least through our world leading Environment Act, which includes a legally binding target to halt the decline of nature by 2030.  We are committed to meeting this target and will not undermine our obligations to the environment in pursuit of growth.</p><p>Earlier this year we published a Nature Recovery Green Paper, setting out proposals to reform our system of protections, including the Habitats Regulations. The Nature Recovery Green Paper consultation closed in May and we are now in the process of analysing responses.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 63960 63961 question first answered 25/10/2022 20:45:29 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman