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Network Rail: Biodiversity

Asked by Rebecca SmithConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 4 August 2026UIN 17594

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answers of 6 July 2026 to Questions 14929 and 15007 on Network Rail: Biodiversity, whether her Department has made any assessment of the impact of ecological survey windows and protected species

Answered by Keir Mather

Since 4 July 2024, the Department has not made any assessment of the impact of ecological survey windows and protected species licensing requirements on the cost and delivery of Network Rail projects.

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