Angus MacDonald MP: written questions
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Hares: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the conservation of mountain hares.
Answer: This Government is committed to restoring and protecting nature. We will deliver for nature by taking action to meet our Environment Act targets, working in partnership with civil society, communities and businesses to restore and protect our natural worl...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOtters: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Government on conservation of otters in Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire constituency.
Answer: We have not held discussions with the Scottish Government regarding the conservation of otters specifically in the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire constituency. Nature conservation is mainly a devolved responsibility and the conservation of otters in ...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOtters: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is funding UK-wide research into otter conservation.
Answer: Nature conservation in the UK is mainly a devolved responsibility. We are therefore not currently funding any UK-wide research into otter conservation.
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOtters: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the devolved Administrations on measures to protect otter populations.
Answer: We have not held discussions with the devolved Governments about measures to protect otter populations.
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOtters: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support otter conservation.
Answer: This Government is committed to restoring and protecting nature. Later this year we will publish a revised Environmental Improvement Plan which will set out how we will meet our ambitious Environment Act targets. These include legally binding biodiversity...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCars: LoansTreasuryTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65533More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that motorists are aware of their rights in relation to mis-sold car finance agreements involving discretionary commission arrangements.
Answer: The government notes that this matter is currently being considered by the Supreme Court and a judgment is expected to be handed down in due course. The Financial Conduct Authority has confirmed that subject to the Supreme Court outcome, if consumers are ...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordJapanese Knotweed: Weed ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities in (a) managing and (b) eradicating Japanese knotweed.
Answer: Defra recognises the impacts caused by invasive species, including Japanese knotweed. Japanese knotweed is listed on Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. This makes it an offence to cause Japanese knotweed to grow in the wild. In England G...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordJapanese Knotweed: Weed ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support landowners in (a) managing and (b) eradicating Japanese knotweed.
Answer: Defra recognises the impacts caused by invasive species, including Japanese knotweed. Japanese knotweed is listed on Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. This makes it an offence to cause Japanese knotweed to grow in the wild. In England G...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordJapanese Knotweed: Weed ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65530More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of measures to control the spread of Japanese knotweed.
Answer: Defra recognises the impacts caused by invasive species, including Japanese knotweed. Japanese knotweed is listed on Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. This makes it an offence to cause Japanese knotweed to grow in the wild. In England G...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNature ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support cooperation with devolved Administrations on the protection of irreplaceable habitats.
Answer: Planning is a devolved matter. The National Planning Policy Framework sets out the Government’s planning policies for England and how these should be applied, including policy on the protection of irreplaceable habitat.
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGrasslands: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the levels of protection for species-rich meadows in devolved Administrations on UK-wide nature recovery objectives.
Answer: As responsibility for the conservation of habitats is a devolved matter Defra continues to be guided by co-ordination and expert advice from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), the UK wide Statutory adviser on Nature. The primary mechanism for...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGrasslands: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Government on the inclusion of species-rich meadows in the list of irreplaceable habitats in Scotland.
Answer: Planning is a devolved matter. The National Planning Policy Framework sets out the Government’s planning policies for England and how these should be applied, including policy on the protection of irreplaceable habitat.
Answered 11 Jul 2025
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