Question follow-through · 35032
Fisheries and Nature Conservation: Trade Agreements
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to report on the (a) adequacy of and (b) potential impact of new free trade agreements on (i) fishing stocks, (ii) fishing fleets, (iii) nature conservati
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to report on the (a) adequacy of and (b) potential impact of new free trade agreements on (i) fishing stocks, (ii) fishing fleets, (iii) nature conservati
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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11 Mar 2025
Answer published
It is always the UK’s intention to enter into FTA negotiations seeking ambitious outcomes with regard to the sustainability and conservation of fish stocks and wider marine environment. The Department for Business and Trade’s impact assessments set out th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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