Question follow-through · 6553
Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the ecology sector as part of delivering nature recovery objectives and wider green economic growth.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2026 · 41 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the ecology sector as part of delivering nature recovery objectives and wider green economic growth.
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jul 2026
Answer published
Our environmental improvement plan provides a stable, long-term framework for investment and a guide for the developing the technologies and skills to deliver it. We recognise the importance of the ecology sector in supporting project pipelines for Biodiv...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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