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Environment Protection: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to incentivise private investment in large nature recovery projects.

answeredCameron ThomasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
10 Oct 2025
Target answer date
14 Oct 2025
Answer
20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to incentivise private investment in large nature recovery projects.

  2. 14 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Defra has put in place a number of interventions to scale up private sector investment in nature recovery projects across England. These include:Supporting market development through our partnership with the British Standards Institution to develop a suit...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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