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Forests: Fires |
| Question ID: |
1805897 |
| UIN: |
HL7857 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4308 |
| Asking Member display name: |
The Lord Bishop of St Albans
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that destruction of the world's forests reached the highest level ever recorded in 2024, primarily due to a surge in fires. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-06 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3982 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Curran
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Curran
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| Answer text: |
The UK is deeply concerned by the record-breaking levels of forest loss, linked to climate-driven wildfires, identified in the recent World Resources Institute report (WRI-latest-analysis-deforestation-trends, 21/05/25). The UK remains steadfast behind th... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |