Written questions

Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

2026-06-23 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · 13071 · Official question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hours of bottom-towed fishing took place between June 2025 and May 2026 within the 41 English offshore marine protected areas subject to public consultation in summer 2025.

Answer

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Putney on 16 March 2026, PQ UIN 118879.