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	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

1504130

	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, what plans his Department has to consult with stakeholders on the 25 Year Environment Plan in advance of its publication in 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	45764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>Defra has run 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 development of the content within the revised plan has been open and collaborative, drawing on expertise available across Government, its Arms Length Bodies, and external stakeholders. We will continue with this engagement over the coming months.</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 21/09/2022 17:10:03 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas