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Rivers: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support restoring (a) natural processes to river corridors within river catchments and (b) (i) native vegetation, (ii) floodplain connectivity an

answeredDr Ellie ChownsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
17 Jun 2025
Target answer date
19 Jun 2025
Answer
25 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 17 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support restoring (a) natural processes to river corridors within river catchments and (b) (i) native vegetation, (ii) floodplain connectivity an

  2. 19 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 25 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The England Woodland Creation Offer provides 100% of standard woodland creation capital costs and further incentivises the restoration of native riparian vegetation for water benefits through stackable supplementary payments for woodlands that improve wat...

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