In the Lords

My noble friend is right that there is much debate around the issue.

We are currently engaging with stakeholders on the content of the England peat strategy and we expect it to be published later this year, bu

As I have said, the Government are committed to ending this practice.

The answer is that a significant number have made that decision voluntarily.

The science continues to evolve; it is not a matter of it being out of date.

The noble Lord raises an important point. There is no doubt that burning has an impact.

I refer the noble Lord to an earlier answer I gave on wildfire risk, which he has raised again.

I would be very happy to commit to discussing and sharing the evidence we have with the noble Baroness, and to hear whatever ideas she has o

It is an extremely important point and an issue I have followed closely for some time. The noble Lord makes a compelling case.

It is extremely difficult to attach a particular flooding event to a particular cause, because there are so many causes, but the noble Lord