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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans his Department has to consult with environmental stakeholders on the implementation of the Government’s commitment to protect 30 per cent of land and sea for nature by 2030.

HM Government is committed to protecting 30% of land and sea in the UK by 2030 (30 by 30).

Achieving this will take collective endeavour and we want to work with partners across the country - from members of the public, the environmental sector, academics, farmers and landowners and the private sector - to deliver against this commitment.

Earlier this year (May 2022) we consulted on our approach as part of the Nature Recovery Green Paper. In the Green Paper we set out our intention to establish a framework to assess whether protected areas and Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures are contributing to nature recovery and where improvement is needed.

We have reviewed responses and will be working closely with key partners as we develop our approach.