Question follow-through · 110919
Coral Reefs: Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of coral bleaching; and what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle c
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 9 Feb 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of coral bleaching; and what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle c
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Feb 2026
Answer published
The impact of climate change and marine heatwaves on coral reefs is increasingly concerning. A network of global coral reef scientists under the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) confirmed the 4th global coral bleaching event in 2024. While we ca...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Droughts: Desalination
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Water Supply: East of England
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has her Department made of long-term water supply resilience in a.) Stevenage and b.) the East of England.