Question follow-through · 63769
Peatlands: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of peatland recovery on the level of flood risk in Mid Bedfordshire constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jul 2025 · 7 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
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of peatland recovery on the level of flood risk in Mid Bedfordshire constituency.
2 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jul 2025
Answer published
The improvement of peatlands brings multiple benefits for biodiversity, reduction in carbon emissions and also flood-risk management. In the Mid Bedfordshire constituency, Defra is currently funding a Lowland Agricultural Peat Water Discovery Pilot projec...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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