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Wetlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to mark World Wetlands Day in 2025.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
9 Jan 2025
Answer
9 Jan 2025 · 2 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 7 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to mark World Wetlands Day in 2025.

  2. 9 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The theme for World Wetlands Day 2025 is ‘Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future’ and Defra plans to mark World Wetlands Day. In 2021 the UK co-sponsored the United Nations Resolution to designate 2 February as World Wetlands Day and we have since unde...

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