Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Rebecca Pow and Stephen Farry

Thursday 28th October 2021 Commons Chamber

[Rebecca Pow]

I thank the hon. Lady for raising that really important point. Everything we are doing on protections relates to both land and sea, with the protection of 30% of the land and 30% of the sea. We are gathering more data on blue carbon. We do not have quite enough data yet to factor it into all our calculations, but we mean to do so. She is absolutely right that our kelp beds and salt marshes can make a great contribution, and a great deal of work is being done on that. Indeed, many of our flood resilience squads are linking in with such restoration projects.

[Stephen Farry (North Down) (Alliance)]

T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.