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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the content of BSI Document BS8683 is available for the public to read at no cost.

BS8683 is the British Standard document on the process for designing and implementing Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG).

It is considered best practice for BNG, but adherence to the Standard will not be a requirement for the design or delivery of mandatory biodiversity net gain.

It is available for the public to purchase as a digital or hard copy from the British Standards Institution website.