Agriculture: Seaweed
Commons · Question 256 · Tabled 17 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 23 Jul 2024
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made of an assessment the adequacy of public (a) information and (b) consultation by the Marine Management Organisation in relation to marine licence applica
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 23 Jul 2024
The Marine Management Organisation’s (MMO) statutory powers for marine licensing are set out in the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (MCAA). Licensing decisions made by MMO are done so independently of Defra (unless they meet certain criteria which coul...