To deliver the Government’s environmental vision to improve the environment within a generation, arm’s length bodies and departments need to have the funding to do so. Budget cuts to biodiversity expenditure over the last decade have hindered this.

To deliver the Government’s environmental vision to improve the environment within a generation, arm’s length bodies and departments need to have the funding to do so. Budget cuts to biodiversity expenditure over the last decade have hindered this. Type: conclusion | Number: 22 | Paragraph: 120 | Response status: accepted Government response: Planning policy is devolved in the UK and the question and answer below relates to policies in England. (22a) Establishing a Nature Recovery Network (NRN)—an expanded and better connected network of places that are richer in wildlife, more resilient to climate change and provide a range of benefits