Highly Protected Marine Areas

(asked on 22nd June 2020) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timeframe is for the implementation of the recommendations of the Benyon Review into Highly Protected Marine Areas; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Victoria Prentis Portrait
Victoria Prentis
Attorney General
This question was answered on 30th June 2020

The Government welcomes the publication of the review into Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) on 8 June 2020. It is available at:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/highly-protected-marine-areas-hpmas-review-2019.

We will consider Richard Benyon’s report and issue a formal response to him in due course, recognising our immediate priority to support the cross-Government response to Covid-19. From there on, we have an opportunity to develop a programme of work to bring forward HPMAs for the first time in English waters. We would, of course, consult widely with the public and stakeholders before any decision to designate HPMAs.

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