Question follow-through · 1672
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to respond to the letter from the UN Special Rapporteur on environmental defenders under the Aarhus Convention of 12 March 2024.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 25 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 30 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 30 Jul 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to respond to the letter from the UN Special Rapporteur on environmental defenders under the Aarhus Convention of 12 March 2024.
30 Jul 2024
Target answer date
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30 Jul 2024
Answer published
The UK welcomed the creation of the Special Rapporteur on environmental defenders under the Aarhus Convention. The Government is considering the issues raised in the Special Rapporteur's two recent letters, in the context of the UK's obligations under the...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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