Question follow-through · 23573

Environment Protection: Migration

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ecosystem collapse on net migration.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
9 Sept 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ecosystem collapse on net migration.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The Government's Nature Security Assessment on Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse and National Security examines how global biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation could affect the UK's security, resilience and prosperity. The Assessment not...

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