Question follow-through · 26686
Marine Environment: Offshore Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to introduce marine net gain as part of offshore developments.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to introduce marine net gain as part of offshore developments.
7 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The timing for any future marine net gain scheme will depend on its scope. Our current priority is building the evidence base for marine recovery more broadly, which we are doing through our research and development programme.
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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