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Taking Forward The Marine Bill

EDM number 2189 in 2007-08, proposed by Bill Wiggin on 07/10/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Environmental protection and Marine environment.

That this House welcomes the publication of the Government's Command Paper Taking Forward the Marine Bill; further welcomes the Prime Minister's inclusion of the Bill in the draft legislative programme for 2008-09; acknowledges the work of Wildlife and Countryside Link, a coalition of environmental organisations including the Marine Conservation Society, the RSPB, The Wildlife Trusts and WWF-UK for their ongoing campaign for a Marine Bill; notes that robust legislation is needed to secure effective management and protection of UK seas; encourages the Government to include the necessary statutory duties in the Bill to safeguard the effective implementation of its proposals; urges the Government to continue the dialogue with the devolved administrations to ensure that marine legislation is coherent across borders; and calls on the Prime Minister to include this Bill in the Queen's Speech and to introduce it into Parliament at the earliest opportunity.

This motion has been signed by a total of 157 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Bill Wiggin07/10/2008LeominsterConservativeProposed
Elliot Morley07/10/2008ScunthorpeLabourSeconded
Russell Brown07/10/2008Dumfries & GallowayLabourSeconded
Alan Whitehead07/10/2008Southampton, TestLabourSeconded
Roger Williams07/10/2008Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSeconded
Paddy Tipping07/10/2008SherwoodLabourSeconded
Angela Smith07/10/2008Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Nick Hurd07/10/2008Ruislip - NorthwoodConservativeSigned
Peter Ainsworth07/10/2008East SurreyConservativeSigned
Andrew George07/10/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Barry Gardiner07/10/2008Brent NorthLabourSigned
Mark Durkan07/10/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Harry Cohen07/10/2008Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
James Paice07/10/2008South East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Anne McIntosh07/10/2008Vale of YorkConservativeSigned
Kelvin Hopkins07/10/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
Bob Russell07/10/2008ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew08/10/2008StroudLabourSigned
Mike Hancock08/10/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor08/10/2008North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Phil Willis08/10/2008Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams08/10/2008Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore08/10/2008HendonLabourSigned
Martin Caton08/10/2008GowerLabourSigned
John Mann08/10/2008BassetlawLabourSigned
David Lepper08/10/2008Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Robert Key08/10/2008SalisburyConservativeSigned
Lynne Jones08/10/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Paul Holmes08/10/2008ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders08/10/2008TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
James Gray09/10/2008North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Ann Cryer09/10/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Colin Breed09/10/2008South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Meale09/10/2008MansfieldLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty09/10/2008Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Brian Iddon09/10/2008Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Nick Harvey09/10/2008North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter13/10/2008CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams13/10/2008ConwyLabourSigned
Robert Wareing13/10/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Paul Flynn13/10/2008Newport WestLabourSigned
Bill Etherington13/10/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Tim Loughton13/10/2008East Worthing & ShorehamConservativeSigned
Glenda Jackson13/10/2008Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Andrew Rosindell14/10/2008RomfordConservativeSigned
Lindsay Hoyle14/10/2008ChorleyLabourSigned
Bob Laxton14/10/2008Derby NorthLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell14/10/2008Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Rudi Vis15/10/2008Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley15/10/2008Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Janet Dean15/10/2008BurtonLabourSigned
Mark Williams16/10/2008CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech16/10/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Lancaster16/10/2008North East Milton KeynesConservativeSigned
David Amess16/10/2008Southend WestConservativeSigned
Malcolm Moss16/10/2008North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Ian McCartney16/10/2008MakerfieldLabourSigned
Eric Illsley16/10/2008Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Martin Horwood17/10/2008CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
David Jones17/10/2008Clwyd WestConservativeSigned
Katy Clark17/10/2008Ayrshire North & ArranLabourSigned
Paul Truswell17/10/2008PudseyLabourSigned
Martin Salter17/10/2008Reading WestLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard20/10/2008WalthamstowLabourSigned
Richard Younger-Ross20/10/2008TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins21/10/2008TamworthLabourSigned
Jo Swinson21/10/2008East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson22/10/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Lady Hermon22/10/2008North DownUUPSigned
John Pugh23/10/2008SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Theresa May27/10/2008MaidenheadConservativeSigned
John McDonnell27/10/2008Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Richard Ottaway27/10/2008Croydon SouthConservativeSigned
Janet Anderson27/10/2008Rossendale & DarwenLabourSigned
David Borrow28/10/2008South RibbleLabourSigned
Joan Walley29/10/2008Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin30/10/2008Heywood & MiddletonLabourSigned
Linda Gilroy30/10/2008Plymouth, SuttonLabourSigned
David Evennett03/11/2008Signed
Eddie McGrady05/11/2008South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Andy Reed06/11/2008LoughboroughLabourSigned
Edward Davey06/11/2008Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Hugo Swire06/11/2008East DevonConservativeSigned
Brooks Newmark06/11/2008BraintreeConservativeSigned
Paul Rowen06/11/2008RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Main10/11/2008St AlbansConservativeSigned
Richard Taylor10/11/2008Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Liam Fox10/11/2008WoodspringConservativeSigned
Tom Brake10/11/2008Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Mitchell10/11/2008Sutton ColdfieldConservativeSigned
Andrew MacKay10/11/2008BracknellConservativeSigned
John Penrose11/11/2008Weston-Super-MareConservativeSigned
Mark Harper11/11/2008Forest of DeanConservativeSigned
Adam Holloway11/11/2008GraveshamConservativeSigned
Desmond Turner11/11/2008Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Ian Gibson11/11/2008Norwich NorthLabourSigned
John Butterfill11/11/2008Bournemouth WestConservativeSigned
Simon Burns11/11/2008West ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
Doug Naysmith11/11/2008Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Steve Webb12/11/2008NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Gavin Strang12/11/2008Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Robert Goodwill12/11/2008Scarborough & WhitbyConservativeSigned
David Crausby12/11/2008Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Bill Olner12/11/2008NuneatonLabourSigned
Peter Luff12/11/2008Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Keith Simpson12/11/2008Mid NorfolkConservativeSigned
David Hamilton13/11/2008MidlothianLabourSigned
Jonathan Djanogly13/11/2008HuntingdonConservativeSigned
Edward O'Hara13/11/2008Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Julie Kirkbride13/11/2008BromsgroveConservativeSigned
Paul Keetch13/11/2008HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Bernard Jenkin13/11/2008North EssexConservativeSigned
Andrew Selous13/11/2008South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
David Howarth17/11/2008CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Danny Alexander17/11/2008Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
Pete Wishart17/11/2008Perth & Perthshire NorthScottish National PartySigned
Ann Widdecombe17/11/2008Maidstone & The WealdConservativeSigned
Ben Wallace17/11/2008Lancaster & WyreConservativeSigned
James Arbuthnot17/11/2008North East HampshireConservativeSigned
Malcolm Bruce17/11/2008GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris Mullin17/11/2008Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
David Laws17/11/2008YeovilLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas Soames17/11/2008Mid SussexConservativeSigned
Richard Shepherd17/11/2008Aldridge-BrownhillsConservativeSigned
Daniel Rogerson18/11/2008North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Featherstone18/11/2008Hornsey & Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
David Anderson18/11/2008BlaydonLabourSigned
Crispin Blunt18/11/2008ReigateConservativeSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews18/11/2008MedwayLabourSigned
Eleanor Laing18/11/2008Epping ForestConservativeSigned
Bob Neill19/11/2008Bromley & ChislehurstConservativeSigned
Nadine Dorries19/11/2008Mid BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Derek Twigg19/11/2008HaltonLabourSigned
Ian Taylor19/11/2008Esher & WaltonConservativeSigned
Roger Berry19/11/2008KingswoodLabourSigned
John Baron19/11/2008BillericayConservativeSigned
Richard Bacon19/11/2008South NorfolkConservativeSigned
Michael Howard19/11/2008Folkestone & HytheConservativeSigned
Robert Smith19/11/2008Aberdeenshire West & KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Tim Farron20/11/2008Westmorland & LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Mates20/11/2008East HampshireConservativeSigned
Kim Howells20/11/2008PontypriddLabourSigned
John Horam20/11/2008OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Maria Miller24/11/2008BasingstokeConservativeSigned
Philip Dunne24/11/2008LudlowConservativeSigned
Tim Yeo24/11/2008South SuffolkConservativeSigned
David Willetts24/11/2008HavantConservativeSigned
Alan Beith24/11/2008Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Bruce George24/11/2008Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Mike Gapes24/11/2008Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell24/11/2008Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Vincent Cable24/11/2008TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Clare Short24/11/2008Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Frank Cook25/11/2008Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson25/11/2008Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Mark Todd25/11/2008South DerbyshireLabourSigned
Jeremy Wright25/11/2008Rugby & KenilworthConservativeSigned

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