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Thérèse Coffey
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(11 years, 1 month ago)
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Dan Rogerson
There will still be air quality monitoring; we are talking about the level of monitoring. We want to focus resources on where we can do the most on this issue.
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal) (Con)
I am pleased that the marine conservation designation for the Stour and Orwell site has not been approved. I thank the Minister for that, and can he assure me that it will not be reconsidered in future rounds?
George Eustice
Throughout all the assessments we have made of these designations, we have taken account of socio-economic factors, and in the case of Stour and Orwell that was one of the effects we looked at. We recognise the importance of those ports to the economy, both locally and nationally, and that is why we decided not to designate in that instance.