questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the enforcement of environmental protections on Sites of Special Scientific Interest in rural coastal areas; and what steps he is taking to help ensure timely investigation of alleged breaches of statutory protections on such sites.
answerText: Natural England works with Defra to highlight any gaps in the regulatory and enforcement regime for protected sites. Natural England has a suite of regulatory remedies and enforcement sanctions (including civil and criminal) to address issues on protected...
heading: Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Coastal Areas