Question follow-through · 17295
Biodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish baseline data for the extent of degraded ecosystems in terrestrial, inland waters and the marine environments in the UK in line with Target 2 of the Global Biodiver
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish baseline data for the extent of degraded ecosystems in terrestrial, inland waters and the marine environments in the UK in line with Target 2 of the Global Biodiver
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government publishes a wide range of data relevant to ecosystem condition and restoration across terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments. In the marine environment, assessments of progress towards Good Environmental Status are publicly availab...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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