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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Correspondence

Asked by Ms Stella CreasyLabour (Co-op)Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 30 July 2024UIN 1672

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to respond to the letter from the UN Special Rapporteur on environmental defenders under the Aarhus Convention of 12 March 2024.

Answered by Mary Creagh

The UK welcomed the creation of the Special Rapporteur on environmental defenders under the Aarhus Convention.

The Government is considering the issues raised in the Special Rapporteur's two recent letters, in the context of the UK's obligations under the Aarhus Convention.

We will respond in due course.

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