Question follow-through · 13980
Boats: Synthetic Fibres
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will consider the potential merits of launching a pilot project in Poole to recover (a) stranded and (b) sunken glass fibre boats to help ensure that they do not pollute local wa
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 14 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 20 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will consider the potential merits of launching a pilot project in Poole to recover (a) stranded and (b) sunken glass fibre boats to help ensure that they do not pollute local wa
14 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Nov 2024
Answer published
Sunken or stranded boats within Poole Harbour, and pollution arising from them, fall within the responsibility of the Poole Harbour Master’s Office. We encourage the public to report pollution via our incident hotline, by calling 0800 80 70 60 at any time...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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