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Environment Protection: China

Asked by Anna GelderdLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 6 May 2025UIN 48823

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for the UK-China Environment Dialogue in 2025.

Answered by Mary Creagh

Defra is working with China’s Ministry of Ecology and the Environment to agree the timing and scope of an Environmental Dialogue, in line with our commitment to do so within 12 months of the signing of the Environment Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two parties in October 2024.

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