Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 80376
Coral Reefs
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Dr Scott Arthur
Labour — Edinburgh South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the article by the University of Edinburgh entitled Rescuing the cities of the deep: Corals from oil platforms find new homes off Shetland, published on 16 September
Answer
Emma HardyThe UK is home to cold-water corals off our coast and tropical coral reefs within our Overseas Territories. With 4,700 square kilometres of corals across our UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, the UK is responsible for the twelfth largest are...
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