Question follow-through · 100622

Planning: Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen protections for nature through the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
16 Dec 2025
Target answer date
18 Dec 2025
Answer
12 Jan 2026 · 27 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen protections for nature through the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

  2. 18 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 94311 on 4 December 2025.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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