Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 98623

Fisheries: Crayfish

Tabled: 9 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Mr Lee Dillon

Liberal DemocratNewbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government is providing additional support to crayfish companies affected by recent changes to licensing requirements.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The current licensing requirements have been in place since 2019, and there have been no recent changes. To help businesses adjust at the time, the Government allowed a two-year transition period for licensed exports of live signal crayfish, where import ...

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