Question follow-through · 59239
Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) Marine Protected Areas and (b) offshore wind development on (i) fishing grounds and (ii) fishermen.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 11 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) Marine Protected Areas and (b) offshore wind development on (i) fishing grounds and (ii) fishermen.
13 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jun 2025
Answer published
Defra established the cross-Government Marine Spatial Prioritisation programme to build our understanding of how we can best manage the demands on the English marine environment. Through our work on co-location we are also looking at ways for different in...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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