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Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

Asked by Fleur AndersonLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 17 March 2026UIN 118881

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is her proposed timetable for publishing a decision on restricting bottom-towed fishing in 41 English marine protected areas as consulted on in 2025.

Answered by Emma Hardy

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Ely and East Cambridgeshire on 13 November 2025, PQ 88509.

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