Question follow-through · 27295
Sandeels: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of precedents for unilateral environmental measures in trade agreements on the sandeel fishing ban within the Trade and Cooperatio
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 29 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 4 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of precedents for unilateral environmental measures in trade agreements on the sandeel fishing ban within the Trade and Cooperatio
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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4 Feb 2025
Answer published
The arbitration process pertaining to the dispute brought by the EU against the UK prohibition of fishing for sandeel, and our consideration of the issues, is presently ongoing. We will fully consider the tribunal’s report and the impacts of it in due cou...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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