Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 83878

Eels: Conservation

Tabled: 21 October 2025

Answered: 28 October 2025

Named Day

Question

Sarah Dyke

Liberal Democrat — Glastonbury and Somerton

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to provide additional support to (a) the Somerset Eel Recovery Project and (b) other local recovery projects to enable the (i) delivery of eel passes, (ii

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

In England, the Environment Agency is responsible for eel management and working with local delivery partners.