Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to advocate for high seas Marine Protected Areas in all regional fisheries management organisations of which the UK is a member.

The UK uses its engagement in Regional Fisheries Management Organisations and other international fora to push for outcomes focussed on managing fisheries sustainably, protecting marine ecosystems (including those covered by Marine Protected Areas) and combatting illegal fishing.