Question follow-through · 82560
Fishing Gear: Innovation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with devolved fisheries administrations on a coordinated approach to supporting the commercial uptake of innovative fishing gear.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 15 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 22 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with devolved fisheries administrations on a coordinated approach to supporting the commercial uptake of innovative fishing gear.
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Oct 2025
Answer published
Defra is engaging with the devolved fisheries administrations through the UK Gear Forum to identify opportunities for joint action, including potential funding routes.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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