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Environmental Delivery Plans: Small Businesses

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 9 January 2026UIN 102583

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of small and medium-seized developers assisting with the delivery of Environmental Delivery Plans.

Answered by Mary Creagh

Private and third sector providers, including small businesses and landowners, will play an essential role in delivering conservation measures under Environmental Delivery Plans through fair and open tendering processes.

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