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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on incorporating measures to protect people living with severe mental illness during periods of extreme heat into the UK’s National Adaptation Programme.

We are strengthening our approach to climate adaptation across government to support our work to develop an ambitious fourth National Adaptation Programme. This includes working with lead departments such as DHSC to ensure that vulnerable people are protected from the impacts of extreme heat.