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Marine Environment: Environment Protection

Commons · Question 44670 · Tabled 7 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 24 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Pippa Heylings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect blue carbon habitats from damaging human activities.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 24 Apr 2025

I refer the hon. Member to the reply previously given to the hon. Member for Poole, Neil Duncan-Jordan, in February 2025, PQ 28248. In England, we have established a comprehensive network of 181 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), which cover the majority of o...