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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of National Landscapes in protecting rare (a) habitats and (b) species.

National Landscapes are home to some of our most important habitats and species and taking action in these places will be crucial if we are to meet our Environmental Improvement Plan targets for nature’s recovery.

We have recently published the Protected Landscapes Targets and Outcomes Framework Progress Report which details progress towards our national targets for nature recovery being made in our National Landscapes and National Parks. This is the first report on progress towards the targets set in the Protected Landscapes Targets and Outcomes Framework.