Question follow-through · 119569
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to protect the UK’s national security, in the context of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ Nature Security Assessment on Global Biodi
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to protect the UK’s national security, in the context of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ Nature Security Assessment on Global Biodi
12 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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17 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Nature security assessment forms part of routine cross-government resilience planning and complements the UK’s National Security Strategy, National Risk Register and Chronic Risk Analysis. Climate change and nature loss act as risk multipliers, increa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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