Question follow-through · 23286
Squirrels: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the conservation of red squirrels.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 15 Jan 2025 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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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
13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the conservation of red squirrels.
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jan 2025
Answer published
This Government is committed to taking action to recover our threatened native species and delivering our legally binding biodiversity targets on species abundance, species extinction and habitat creation and restoration, which will benefit many of our pr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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