Part of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – in the House of Commons at on 9 May 2024.
Rebecca Pow
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
This Government have put in place the most comprehensive regime ever to increase tree planting. Crucially, it is underpinned by legislation in the Environment Act 2021 and legally binding targets to increase our tree cover to 16.5%, and supported and backed up by our £675 million nature for climate fund. To date, 15 million trees have been planted under this Government, more trees than in any other decade.