PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(28 August 2026)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect moorland from wildfires.
Asked by:
Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour)
Asked by:
Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour)
Answer
The Government is committed to rewetting peatlands where it can reduce the likelihood of severe and sustained wildfire.
In 2025, we amended the Heather and Grass etc Burning (England) Regulations 2021, expanding restrictions on unnecessary burning practices, to enhance protection of upland deep peat and improve the resilience of our moorlands. Wetter, healthy-functioning peatlands are more resilient to the impacts of wildfire and deliver benefits for biodiversity and water security.
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