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Baroness Sugg (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 15 June 2026

Debate

World Ocean Day

Contribution

My Lords, my noble friend referred to bottom trawling, and I previously asked the Minister about the Government’s response to bottom trawling in our marine protected areas, which is causing extreme damage to the ecosystem. The noble Baroness pointed to a record number of responses. I am not sure if that still stands, given that there were 116,000 responses to the social media ban, and that the Government were able to come up with an initial response and a new policy in just three short weeks. Could the Minister provide any update as to when the Government will respond to the marine protected areas bottom trawling consultation?

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