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Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)
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(View all written questions)1 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Questions
(View all Earl Peel's Defra questions)Bracken is a native species, a natural component of many habitats, and supports several scarce and declining animal species. It is not regarded as a key threat to most habitats and species, but in some localities expansion of dense bracken is a threat to lowland heath, grasslands, habitats with scattered trees, scrub woodland and wood pasture. In such places management may be needed to limit the extent of dense bracken.
Countryside Stewardship supports the control of bracken in two principal ways: through a capital grant for chemical control of bracken; and as a supplement for removal, which can be applied for alongside suitable land management options. Controlling the presence or spread of bracken can maintain or restore biodiversity value, including of SSSIs, and help protect archaeological sites.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)