Question follow-through · 114384
Birds: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to address the decline in populations of British wild birds.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 20 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 26 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to address the decline in populations of British wild birds.
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Feb 2026
Answer published
We are committed to delivering our statutory biodiversity targets which will support the recovery and conservation of native wild birds. Nationally, Government actions to restore and create more than 500,000 hectares of wildlife-rich habitat by 2042, alon...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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