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Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to strengthen the National Adaptation Programme.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
13 Feb 2025
Answer
14 Feb 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to strengthen the National Adaptation Programme.

  2. 13 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 14 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Alongside delivering a new National Adaptation Programme we are committed to strengthening the nation’s resilience, and we are considering a range of options to better embed climate adaptation across the whole of Government. This includes:further work to ...

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