Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 83895
Fisheries: Territorial Waters
Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 29 October 2025
Question
Pippa Heylings
Liberal Democrat — South Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen enforcement capacity in UK territorial waters.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleAs fisheries control and enforcement is a devolved matter, each Devolved Administration is responsible for enforcement capacity in their waters. Defra is committed to maintaining a robust and adaptive enforcement system to protect English waters from ille...
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