United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 180608
Peatlands: Controlled Burning
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13 April 2021
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21 April 2021 · Answer
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21 April 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications of the continued burning of peat on the UK’s effectiveness as host of COP26.
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13 April 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications of the continued burning of peat on the UK’s effectiveness as host of COP26.
Source: Commons
21 April 2021
Answer
We have always been clear of the need to phase out rotational burning of protected blanket bog to conserve these vulnerable habitats. There is an established scientific consensus that burning of vegetation on such sites is damaging and that is why we are ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-04-13/180608
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1308655
- uk · wq-1308655 · source updated 21 April 2021