Question follow-through · 4540
Land and Seas and Oceans: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made to meet the commitment to protect 30% of (a) land and (b) seas by 2030.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 6 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 10 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 19 Sept 2024 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made to meet the commitment to protect 30% of (a) land and (b) seas by 2030.
10 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Sept 2024
Answer published
In July, the Secretary of State confirmed the Government’s intention to launch a rapid review of the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP). Our review will make sure that the EIP is fit for purpose to deliver on our ambitious targets, including 30by30, and...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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