Question follow-through · 35621
Wildlife: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect animal habitats from building developments.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 28 Mar 2025 · 24 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
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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
4 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect animal habitats from building developments.
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Mar 2025
Answer published
Protected sites designated under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 afford a high degree of statutory protection to some of our most valuable habitats. We are committed to making sure develo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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