United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 126178
Trees: Conservation
Original
Introduced
10 April 2026
Last action
16 April 2026 · Answer
Status
Answered
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
16 April 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a statutory national register of heritage trees.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
10 April 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a statutory national register of heritage trees.
Source: Commons
16 April 2026
Answer
Ancient and veteran trees are our most important trees and considered irreplaceable habitats. They are protected through planning policy, and local authorities can grant additional protections to individual high-value trees through Tree Preservation Order...
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/2026-04-10/126178
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1898232
- uk · wq-1898232 · source updated 16 April 2026