In the Lords

We remain concerned about the impact the bush-meat trade can have on endangered species.

We announced a £640 million Nature for Climate Fund and are developing plans to deploy that funding in England over this parliament.

My Lords, we committed to increasing planting across the UK to 30,000 hectares per year by 2025 in line with the Committee on Climate Change

My Lords, we have seen an increase in planting rates in England over the last year.

Biosecurity is enormously important, not least because we are an island nation.

The Government are committed to protecting our ancient woodlands.

The noble Baroness makes a hugely important point.

There are many reasons. First, the noble Lord is right: Scotland is doing its bit.

This is a priority area for Defra, a department that I belong to. Yes, we are seeing increasing numbers of threats to our native trees.

We will use the outcome of the consultation—it is a genuine consultation; we know we need to hear from stakeholders across the country—to gu