Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 70845

Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 23 September 2025

Question

Rosie Duffield

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to review conflict of interest rules within the IFCA framework to ensure the industry appointed members can meaningfully contribute to decisions whilst maintaining tra

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

The statutory report on the IFCA conduct and operations was published in February along with the Government response. Ensuring transparency in decision making processes was a key improvement. Defra are working with IFCAs to action recommendations. In part...

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