A question on #Grasslands #Conservation tabled by Mr Angus MacDonald on 07-07-2025 has been answered by Mary Creagh.

Heading: Grasslands: Conservation
Question ID: 1820337
UIN: 65527
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-07-07
Asking Member ID: 5362
Asking Member display name: Mr Angus MacDonald
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Mr Angus MacDonald
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Government on the inclusion of species-rich meadows in the list of irreplaceable habitats in Scotland.
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Date answered: 2025-07-11
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 1579
Answering Member display name: Mary Creagh
Answering Member handle: marycreagh_
Answering Member Twitter reference: @marycreagh_
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Answer text: Planning is a devolved matter. The National Planning Policy Framework sets out the Government’s planning policies for England and how these should be applied, including policy on the protection of irreplaceable habitat.
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true