Maria Eagle
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what resources he plans to allocate to put in place a marine blue belt around the Overseas Territories to protect marine habitats in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
James Duddridge
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Resources for the financial years 2015-16 and 2016-17 have yet to be agreed. Government officials are currently developing the framework for delivering the blue-belt of marine conservation and protection across the Overseas Territories, which will be implemented on a case by case basis, dependent on local support and environmental need.
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