Question follow-through · 5854
Western Forest
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps were taken to protect the newly establishing trees in the Western Forest during May’s heatwave.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 2 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 4 Jun 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps were taken to protect the newly establishing trees in the Western Forest during May’s heatwave.
4 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Western Forest has used a range of measures to mitigate unseasonal weather. This includes early-season planting, using mulch mats, and planting resilient cell-grown saplings that are matched to local conditions. Defra and the National Forest Company a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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