Question follow-through · 126178
Trees: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a statutory national register of heritage trees.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 16 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a statutory national register of heritage trees.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Apr 2026
Answer published
Ancient and veteran trees are our most important trees and considered irreplaceable habitats. They are protected through planning policy, and local authorities can grant additional protections to individual high-value trees through Tree Preservation Order...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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