Question follow-through · 62848
Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to consult young people in the development of (a) environmental policy and (b) climate-related decision-making.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 25 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 4 Jul 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to consult young people in the development of (a) environmental policy and (b) climate-related decision-making.
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Jul 2025
Answer published
This Government recognises that young people are at the heart of environmental and climate-related decision making and actively considers their views and needs. This year, Defra collaborated with the Department for Education, Policy Lab and environmental ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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