Question follow-through · 3633

Climate Change: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of launching a government backed screening of the 'National Emergency Briefing' to the nation.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
20 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
1 Jul 2026 · 42 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of launching a government backed screening of the 'National Emergency Briefing' to the nation.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    In July 2025, the Government made the first-of-a-kind statement on the State of Climate and Nature, supported by parliamentary debate. We have since set out our priorities within the revised Environmental Improvement Plan, alongside the ‘Energising Britai...

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