Written question asked by Matthew Offord (Conservative) on Tuesday, 17 May 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 May 2022. It was answered by Rebecca Pow (Conservative) on Thursday, 26 May 2022 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Seaweed: British Virgin Islands
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with UK's Overseas Territories on the effects of sargassum seaweed on the ecological system in the British Virgin Islands.
- Answer
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The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) is the statutory adviser to the Government on UK and international nature conservation. The JNCC has been discussing this issue with the Overseas Territories for some time and has delivered training expertise to enable the mapping of sargassum and support work on predicting impacts of sargassum washing up along the shoreline in the British Virgin Islands.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 3574
- Session
- 2022-23
- Subjects
- British Virgin Islands Ecology Seaweed
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- 2022-05-26 18:00:54 +0100
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