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Eels: Conservation

Commons · Question 83877 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 28 Oct 2025

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Asked by Sarah Dyke

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for the (a) Environment Agency and (b) other relevant bodies to (i) monitor and regulate pollution, (ii) assess habitat degradat

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 28 Oct 2025

This is a devolved matter and therefore the information provided relates to England only. The Environment Agency (EA) are responsible for eel management in England. As a non-departmental public body, the EA determine how to allocate their funding from Def...