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Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2024 to Question 17500 on Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries, for what reason he was not able to provide a timescale.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
17 Dec 2024
Target answer date
6 Jan 2025
Answer
6 Jan 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2024 to Question 17500 on Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries, for what reason he was not able to provide a timescale.

  2. 6 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Department has not yet been able to provide a timescale for these measures due to the need to follow due process and consider how we can best meet the Government’s priorities. The Government recognises the need for action to protect and restore our ma...

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