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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that marine light pollution is considered alongside underwater noise and other forms of energy introduction in assessments of Good Environmental Status under the UK Marine Strategy.

The UK Government and Devolved Governments are working through the Oslo and Paris Convention for the Protection of the North East Atlantic (OSPAR) to improve the evidence base on marine light pollution. Any decision on the incorporation of marine light pollution into future UK Marine Strategy assessments would be considered collectively by all four UK administrations.