Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the time taken to update the Great Britain list of Species of Special Concern on efforts to meet Target 6 of the Global Biodiversity Framework.

Species listing is an important risk-prevention tool, but listing pace has not affected Target 6 delivery. The UK’s February 2026 Seventh National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity assesses progress against national biodiversity targets and records three establishments prevented during its reporting period, meeting the target.