Question reference: S6W-26938
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 22 April 2024
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Current status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 May 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce its proposed Natural Environment Bill before January 2025.
Answer
As set out in the 2021-22 Programme for Government, the Scottish Government is committed to “Introduce a Natural Environment Bill, putting in place key legislative changes and statutory targets to restore and protect nature” before the end of the current parliamentary term.
Future legislative programmes will be announced in relevant Programmes for Government in the usual way. Meantime, we continue to take action to deliver nature restoration through, for example, our £65 million Nature Restoration Fund, which has already committed nearly £40 million since 2021.