United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 109944
Peatlands: Conservation
Original
Introduced
30 January 2026
Last action
5 February 2026 · Answer
Status
Answered
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 February 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of peatland protection on (a) flood resilience and (b) drought mitigation.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
30 January 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of peatland protection on (a) flood resilience and (b) drought mitigation.
Source: Commons
5 February 2026
Answer
As set out in Natural England’s evidence review NEER155, protecting and restoring blanket bog supports natural water regulation by increasing water storage, slowing runoff and sustaining baseflows, contributing to improved flood resilience and helping to ...
Source: Written answer
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
No documents linked.
Sponsors
- · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Answering body
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-01-30/109944
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1877142
- uk · wq-1877142 · source updated 5 February 2026