Question follow-through · 58300
Marine Environment: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect blue carbon ecosystems.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect blue carbon ecosystems.
11 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jun 2025
Answer published
In England, we have established a comprehensive network of 181 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), including 3 Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs), which cover most of our saltmarsh and seagrass habitats. While blue carbon habitats may not always be an expli...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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