Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 120750

Birds: Conservation

Tabled: 16 March 2026
Answered: 19 March 2026

Question

Sir John Hayes

ConservativeSouth Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help protect seabirds from offshore energy infrastructure.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Offshore wind developers must show how they will avoid and mitigate impacts on protected seabirds, and provide compensatory measures where impacts remain. Within this context, the government is delivering the Offshore Wind Environmental Improvement Packag...

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