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Countryside: Access

Asked by Andy MacNaeLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 27 October 2025UIN 83666

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department will take steps to publish a green paper to expand access to nature.

Answered by Mary Creagh

The Government is committed to taking action to improve access to nature and recognises the importance of this issue. We are already taking steps to expand public access to nature, for example through our commitment to creating nine new river walks and three new national forests and will continue to explore measures to increase this further.

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