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date	10/09/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Marine Protected Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2021 to Question 33200, what the evidential basis is for his Department's decision to use byelaws to manage fishing in Marine Protected Areas rather than fishing vessel licences to further site conservation objectives; and what assessment he has made of how that approach will deliver (a) recovery of the whole marine ecosystem within Marine Protected Areas and (b) the Government’s commitment to protect 30 per cent of land and sea for nature by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	46971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The UK is at the forefront of marine protection with 40% of English waters now designated as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and the Government has further plans to pilot Highly Protected Marine Areas.</p><p>All MPAs are already protected through the planning and licensing regimes that cover activities such as dredging for aggregates and construction of offshore wind farms.</p><p>The excellent work of fisheries regulators in our inshore waters has resulted in 98 MPAs being protected from fishing activities that would otherwise have hindered the achievement of their conservation objectives. This work has shown that providing the fishing industry and other stakeholders with the opportunity to work closely with management authorities to shape management measures is crucial to their long-term success. We want this collaborative approach to be at the core of our management approach for offshore waters.</p><p>Each MPA protects specific features, whether that is a particular species or a variety of different habitats. These features are set out in legislation and it is the role of regulators to ensure that activities that take place will allow MPA conservation objectives to be achieved. Tailored byelaws for each site will help to achieve conservation objectives, but without unnecessarily restricting legitimate fishing activity.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/09/2021 16:12:52 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

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date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Timber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 45332, for what reasons the use of wood which has not reached the end of its useful life attracts subsidies and not penalties for emissions of carbon dioxide; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	46971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>In order to receive government support for heat and power generation from biomass, all biomass must now comply with the UK’s sustainability criteria. This includes a minimum 60% lifecycle greenhouse gas saving and for the biomass to be from a sustainable source.</p><p>Forestry Commission research found that optimal GHG emission savings can be achieved when harvested wood is used primarily for timber where possible, with energy produced alongside it as a co-product. This is summarised at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bioenergy-strategy-supplementary-note-carbon-impacts-of-forest-biomass-november-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bioenergy-strategy-supplementary-note-carbon-impacts-of-forest-biomass-november-2012</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/10/2016 15:53:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown