Question follow-through · 51685
Highly Protected Marine Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to increase the number of highly protected marine areas in English waters.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 12 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 May 2025
- Answer
- 21 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to increase the number of highly protected marine areas in English waters.
14 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2025
Answer published
Defra is undertaking a review of the English Marine Protected Area network to look at whether sites are in the right places with the right protection. The review will explore ways to update protection and management approaches to better address the nature...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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