Question follow-through · 64388
Marine Protected Areas: Byelaws
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department adopted the features-based approach for the assessment method for the stage 3 Marine Protected Area byelaws.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 2 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jul 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department adopted the features-based approach for the assessment method for the stage 3 Marine Protected Area byelaws.
7 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Marine Management Organisation uses a feature-based approach for developing fisheries management measures in England’s Marine Protected Areas, including the proposed stage 3 byelaws. Sometimes these management measures will involve restrictions across...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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