To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2023 to Question 185629 on Marine Protected Areas: Northern Ireland, what her Department's planned timetable is, in partnership with the relevant authorities in Northern Ireland, to establish marine Special Protection Areas in East Coast and Carlingford Lough.
Answered on
19 October 2023
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland is currently working through some remaining issues with these sites, so there is currently no planned timetable for their classification.