Question follow-through · 23284
Nature Conservation: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support (a) wildlife sanctuaries and (b) nature reserves in Essex.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jan 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support (a) wildlife sanctuaries and (b) nature reserves in Essex.
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jan 2025
Answer published
Essex has a total of 64 Sites of Special Scientific Interest, nine Special Protection Areas and seven National Nature Reserves, the majority of which protect the rich coastal habitats of the Essex estuaries. These include some of the country’s most import...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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