Question follow-through · 12012
Fisheries: Wind Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of compensating commercial fishermen who are displaced from fishing grounds by offshore wind development projects.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 30 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 7 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of compensating commercial fishermen who are displaced from fishing grounds by offshore wind development projects.
4 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Nov 2024
Answer published
Impacts of proposed offshore wind developments on affected stakeholders, including fishers, is considered during the development consent process. The Government encourages offshore wind developers and the fishing industry to discuss potential impacts at a...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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