Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Julia Lopez and Maria Caulfield

Thursday 25th July 2019 Commons Chamber

[Julia Lopez (Hornchurch and Upminster) (Con)]

5. What plans she has to increase tree planting rates.

[Maria Caulfield (Lewes) (Con)]

11. What plans she has to increase tree planting rates.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (David Rutley)]

To encourage more planting, we have modified our main grant schemes and announced additional funding of £10 million for urban trees and £50 million for the woodland carbon guarantee scheme. We have invested £5.7 million in the northern forest. We have also reappointed our tree champion to develop our tree strategy so that we can plan to consult on this later in the year. That demonstrates our commitment to achieving our goal of planting 11 million trees during this Parliament, and our wider aspirations.