Question follow-through · 117945
Climate Change: Biodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an estimate of the potential impact to GDP in the UK from nature and biodiversity loss due to climate change.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 9 Mar 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Convention on Biological Diversity · 16 Mar 2026
- Environment Protection · 16 Mar 2026
- Birds: Marine Protected Areas · 16 Mar 2026
- Environmental Land Management Schemes · 16 Mar 2026
- Birds: Fisheries · 16 Mar 2026
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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
4 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an estimate of the potential impact to GDP in the UK from nature and biodiversity loss due to climate change.
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Mar 2026
Answer published
Defra co-funded a 2024 report on Assessing the Materiality of Nature-Related Financial Risks for the UK, led by the Green Finance Institute working with academic partners. The report found that environmental degradation could lead to a potential reduction...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Convention on Biological Diversity
16 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure the UK meets commitments under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework by 2030.
Environment Protection
16 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve the condition and management of protected sites for nature in England, including Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
Birds: Marine Protected Areas
16 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to undertake a Special Protection Area review for the Marine Protected Area network for seabirds.
Environmental Land Management Schemes
16 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Environmental Land Management schemes in supporting nature-friendly farming and species recovery.
Birds: Fisheries
16 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce seabird mortality from fisheries bycatch in UK waters.
Water Restoration Fund
13 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Water Restoration Fund will open for new applications.
Water Restoration Fund: Rivers
13 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing ring-fenced funding for chalk stream restoration in the Water Restoration Fund.
Sustainable Farming Incentive: Rivers
13 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a dedicated chalk stream action in the Sustainable Farm Incentive.
Rivers: Conservation
13 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase the number of chalk streams designated as (a) Sites of Special Scientific Interest or (b) Special Areas of Conservation.
Fisheries: Quotas
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2025 to Question 91562 on Fisheries: Quotas, what percentage of England's fishing catch quota for 2026 has been distributed through (a) Fixed Quot
Drinks: Nutrition
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of renaming the National Food Strategy as the National Food and Drink Strategy to recognise the impact of drinks on diet.
Water: Pollution
3 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freshwater nature recovery on water pollution and the long-term health of waterways.