Protecting and Restoring Wetlands

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:51 pm on 31 January 2024.

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Photo of Sarah Dyke Sarah Dyke Liberal Democrat, Somerton and Frome 5:51, 31 January 2024

I congratulate the hon. Member on securing this important debate. Without wanting to sound competitive, Somerset has some amazing wetlands and Ramsar sites, and Somerset Wetlands, which includes the west of Sedgemoor in my Constituency, is England’s largest super national nature reserve. Does she agree that such declarations are crucial to reversing nature’s decline and to the fight against climate change?

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