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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will refer to the National Parks in their 25-year plan for the environment; and whether this plan will set out arrangements for the National Parks' long-term protection and enhancement.

Our environment is enormously valuable and we have long-standing protections for our most precious landscapes through our network of national parks.

We are committed to the goal of being the first generation to leave the natural environment of England in a better state than that in which we found it and we will publish a 25 year environment to deliver this ambition.

The plan has not yet been written but it is a manifesto commitment to publish in the course of this parliament and we will engage with interested stakeholders, including national parks, to help inform its development.

We have an 8-Point Plan for England’s National Parks, launched on 23 March 2016. It sets out our priorities for improving National Parks in England over the period from 2016 until 2020.