Question follow-through · 42966
Countryside: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2024 to Question 13418 on Countryside: Access, by when he plans to make further announcements on his policy on access to nature.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 31 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 16 Apr 2025 · 16 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
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Recorded timeline
31 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2024 to Question 13418 on Countryside: Access, by when he plans to make further announcements on his policy on access to nature.
2 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises the importance of providing access to the outdoors for people’s health and wellbeing and is working to ensure that this access is safe and appropriate. We are committed to increasing access to nature and have already set out seve...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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