Select committee: Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 57
First Report - Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust?
Published 30 Jun 2021
Paragraph 281
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
Professor Dasgupta has emphasised that family planning and sexual and reproductive healthcare is a neglected feature of public policy. The unmet demand for family planning is huge and addressing human population numbers is also key to reducing our demands on the biosphere. The UK needs to remain a global leader in supporting family planning and encouraging other countries to do the same. Announced cuts to the UK overseas development assistance threatens this. Given the Government’s intension to take a strategic approach to cuts, and the disproportionate benefits of family planning and sexual and reproductive healthcare compared to other development initiatives, spending in this area needs to be prioritised.
From: Environmental Audit Committee, First Report - Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust? (HC 136), paragraph 281, 30 June 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 30 September 2021 (deadline 30 August 2021).