Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 35512

Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

Tabled: 4 March 2025
Answered: 10 March 2025

Question

Katie White

LabourLeeds North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning the use of bottom-towed fishing gear within marine protected areas.

Answer

Emma Hardy
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Runcorn and Helsby on 3 February 2025, PQ 26547.