Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps her Department is taking to utilise the (a) protection and (b) restoration of nature to increase trends in the level of green economic growth.

The Government recognises that nature makes an important contribution to green economic growth and is taking action to invest in our natural assets.

The Government is investing in sustainable farming and nature recovery, both boosting productivity and supporting food and economic security.

To help deliver its environmental ambitions, the Government is also seeking to create the conditions to mobilise additional private finance into nature, including by driving the development of high-integrity nature markets for the UK.