Question follow-through · 29970
Property Development: Biodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the continuation of Mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain for new developments.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 7 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 18 Feb 2025 · 11 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
7 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the continuation of Mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain for new developments.
11 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Feb 2025
Answer published
As Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) has recently passed the one year anniversary since it went live for most major development in England, I can confirm that this Government is fully committed to making BNG work effectively to protect our natural world.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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CLEAR
1 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Consortium for Labelling for the Environment, Animal Welfare and Regenerative Farming on tackling carbon emissions.
Carbon Emissions
7 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a holistic approach to tackling carbon emissions.
Forests: Commodities
28 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the UK Forest Risk Commodities regulations on low-income smallholder farmers in the Global South who are selling into
Glass: Recycling
29 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the packaging extended producer responsibility scheme on glass producers.
Poultry: Animal Housing
23 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of enriched cages on laying hens.
Water: Pollution
8 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her department monitors the impact of highway runoff on rivers and lakes.