Question follow-through · 77123

Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the cross-Government nature strategy.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
13 Oct 2025
Answer
15 Oct 2025 · 30 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the cross-Government nature strategy.

  2. 13 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Defra will set out its timeline for publishing the Cross Government Nature Strategy (GCNS) in due course.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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