Question follow-through · 59554
Fisheries: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to support the development of fish processing facilities in coastal communities.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 12 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to support the development of fish processing facilities in coastal communities.
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jun 2025
Answer published
This Government supports the fishing industry and recognises their key role in food supply. As part of this support, Defra has reopened the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme on 9 June 2025, allocating around £6 million to create a sustainable and resilient sea...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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