Question follow-through · 1843
Biodiversity: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the potential impact of biodiversity net gain regulations on local pl
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 25 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 29 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 2 Aug 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 · 5 Sept 2024
- Food: Production · 8 Oct 2024
- Agriculture · 8 Oct 2024
- Biodiversity · 8 Oct 2024
- Biodiversity · 8 Oct 2024
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the potential impact of biodiversity net gain regulations on local pl
29 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Aug 2024
Answer published
Ministers and officials from Defra and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) have regular discussions on a range of issues. Officials from both departments continue to work very closely together on biodiversity net gain (BNG) i...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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