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Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature Grants Programme

Commons · Question 109940 · Tabled 30 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 5 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled UK leads global efforts to help communities save the ocean and beat poverty, published on 26 January 2026, what assessment her

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 5 Feb 2026

Marine conservation delivers a wide range of benefits. These include reducing global biodiversity loss and preventing ecosystem collapse, systems that are vital for global security and economic growth in the UK and in developing countries. Some of the wor...