Question follow-through · 25997
Crabs: Non-native Species
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect (a) the Cambridgeshire Fens and (b) the UK from Chinese mitten crabs.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 23 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 18 Feb 2025 · 26 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
23 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect (a) the Cambridgeshire Fens and (b) the UK from Chinese mitten crabs.
27 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Government takes invasive species seriously and has legislated to prevent the further introduction and spread of Chinese mitten crab. As a ‘Species of Special Concern’ it is subject to the Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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