[{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"44145","proposer":"10527","edm":"13","session":"2012-13","title":"Effect Of Spending Reductions On Seaside Resort Economies","text":"That this House notes thatthe seven local authority areas with the largest percentage of their population in receipt of local housing allowance are coastal areas containing some of the nation's best known seaside resorts; further notes that seaside resorts dependent on tourism tend to have economies built on low value, low paid, insecure employment where cuts to welfare cannot easily be replaced outside the black economy; and calls on the Government to review urgently the impact of welfare reforms on coastal economies, and seaside resorts in particular, so that such areas do not suffer disproportionately from public spending cuts.","date":"2012-05-09","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"44043","proposer":"25145","edm":"2936","session":"2010-12","title":"Clyde Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre","text":"That this House believes that the Government's announcement that it intends to close Clyde Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (Coastguard Station) threatens the safety of people using the waters and coast off the west coast of Scotland; notes that this decision was made without undertaking a risk assessment exercise; further notes that the closure of the Clyde coastguard station at its present site by end of 2012 will not allow time to run in tandem with Belfast and Stornoway for transfer of detailed local knowledge; welcomes the offer made by Inverclyde Council to assist with finding other suitable premises to retain the Rescue Centre on the Clyde; and urges the Secretary of State to respond positively.","date":"2012-03-27","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"44046","proposer":"10199","edm":"2939","session":"2010-12","title":"Marine Pollution (S.i., 2012, No. 742)","text":"That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I., 2012, No. 742), dated 5 March 2012, a copy of which was laid before this House on 9 March 2012, be annulled.","date":"2012-03-27","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"43995","proposer":"10096","edm":"2890","session":"2010-12","title":"Swansea Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre (No. 2)","text":"That this House believes that the Government's announcement that it intends to close Swansea Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (Coastguard Station) threatens the safety of people using the waters and coast around the Bristol Channel; notes that this decision was made without undertaking a risk assessment exercise; welcomes the call from Wales First Minister for such a risk assessment to be made; notes his offer for the Welsh Government to co-finance this; and urges the Secretary of State for Transport to respond positively.","date":"2012-03-19","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"43996","proposer":"10096","edm":"2891","session":"2010-12","title":"Government Rationale For Closing Swansea Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre","text":"That this House is aware that the Maritime and Coastguard Agency drew up location matrix and impact assessment criteria in the recent coastguard reorganisation process; notes that these criteria included best use of existing property portfolios, availability of jobseekers for recruitment, evenness of spread around the coast and co-location with other search and rescue partners; is convinced that any objective analysis of these factors would have resulted in the retention of Swansea Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (Coastguard Station); is astonished that the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, in response to a Freedom of Information request from the hon. Member for Gower, admitted that it used no scoring system whatsoever in employing its location matrix and impact assessment criteria; believes that this brings into question the rationale for all announced coastguard station closures in the UK; and urges the Government to abandon its current plans and draw up a new modernisation programme based on the skills and expertise of our coastguard personnel.","date":"2012-03-19","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"43802","proposer":"11892","edm":"2703","session":"2010-12","title":"Row For Freedom Atlantic Crossing","text":"That this House congratulates the five strong Row for Freedom crew on their historic achievement of completing the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an all-female team and the first crossing of any ocean by a five-woman team; applauds the courage and determination of the crew of The Guardian: Debbie Beadle, Julia Immonen, Helen Leigh, Katie Pattison-Hart and Kate Richardson; and expresses its gratitude for the way in which their exploits highlighted the plight of victims of human trafficking and the efforts of organisations to combat it.","date":"2012-02-07","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"43660","proposer":"11494","edm":"2565","session":"2010-12","title":"International Whaling","text":"That this House condemns the departure of the Japanese whaling fleet for Antarctica with the intention of killing almost 1,000 whales; believes that whaling is cruel and unnecessary and that there is no humane way to kill a whale; opposes the accession of Iceland to the EU unless it ceases whaling; welcomes the record of successive UK governments in taking the lead in opposing whaling at the International Whaling Commission (IWC); andurges the Government to take diplomatic action at the highest level to urge Japan, Iceland and Norway to end their whaling for commercial purposes and to ensure that the IWC becomes a true conservation body for the protection of whales.","date":"2012-01-10","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"43335","proposer":"13852","edm":"2128A1A1","session":"2010-12","title":"Coastal Communities Fund","text":"at end add `and ask the Minister to make a statement regarding how all of the coast of the UK, including Northern Ireland, will benefit from the Coastal Communities Fund.'.","date":"2011-10-13","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"43279","proposer":"11280","edm":"2128A1","session":"2010-12","title":"Coastal Communities Fund","text":"after `communities', insert `further notes the potential for growth in marine renewable energy in the Pentland Firth and the revenue which will become available from this development for the Coastal Communities Fund which will enable investment in the Highlands of Scotland;'.","date":"2011-09-15","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"43216","proposer":"10096","edm":"2141","session":"2010-12","title":"Save Swansea Coastguard Campaign","text":"That this House congratulates the Save Swansea Coastguard Campaign, established to oppose the Government's recommendation to close Swansea Maritime Rescue Centre at Mumbles, for its energy and commitment; recognises that the campaign has attracted support from across the political spectrum and from many who are politically unaligned; congratulates those involved for already collecting more than 70,000 signatures on their protest petition, stimulating many individual submissions in the current consultation exercise, using a range of imaginative initiatives to get their message across; and therefore urges the Government to respond positively to this campaign and keep Swansea Coastguard open.","date":"2011-09-06","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"43217","proposer":"10096","edm":"2142","session":"2010-12","title":"Swansea Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre","text":"That this House deplores the decision of the Secretary of State for Transport and the Shipping Minister to recommend the closure of the Swansea Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre at Mumbles; recognises that this Centre is, by far, the busiest in Wales and one of the busiest in the UK, protecting users of sea and shore from Carmarthen in the west, acrossthe south Wales coast to Gloucester and down the eastern side of the Bristol Channel to the Cornish border; is appalled that this proposal would leave the Bristol Channel, with the second highest tidal range in the world, without a twenty-four hour staffed coastguard station; urges everyone concerned about maritime and coastal safety to oppose this proposal in the current consultationexercise; and calls on the Government to reconsider this dangerous recommendation.","date":"2011-09-06","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"43202","proposer":"24966","edm":"2128","session":"2010-12","title":"Coastal Communities Fund","text":"That this House notes that HM Treasury has written to hon. Members explaining the details ofthe new Coastal Communities Fund; further notes that this fund will see over 23 million invested in coastal communities; believes that this fund provides a lifeline to important projects such as the Morecambe Winter Gardens regeneration; and further believes that across the country this will help regenerate poorer communities that were left behind under the last Government.","date":"2011-09-05","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"43051","proposer":"10367","edm":"1982","session":"2010-12","title":"Future Of The World's Oceans","text":"That this House notes that the report of the International Programme on the State of the Oceans concludes that the world's oceans face the imminent threat of loss of species on a scale only comparable with the mass extinctions of the distant past; realises that such a threat to oceans would have equally drastic consequences for land-based life; recognises that the drivers of this potential environmental disaster are man-made, including over-fishing, acidification through atmospheric greenhouse gases, pollution and nutrient saturation from run-off from farming; and calls on the Government to examine the conclusions of this report with urgency and to present practical proposals with equal urgency to the UN and other appropriate international bodies for the reform of the Law of the Sea and the governance of the oceans.","date":"2011-06-22","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"42222","proposer":"11963","edm":"1209","session":"2010-12","title":"Scallop Dredging","text":"That this House notes with concern the impact which scallop dredging is having on the marine environment; further notes that this practice has only started in recent decades and effectively scrapes the seabed to retrieve scallops but in the process damages other species and marine life; further notes the charted decline of the number of marine species living in the seas and is troubled that excessive scallop dredging is contributing further to this worrying trend; and calls on the Government and devolved administrations to take steps to regulate scallop dredging as a matter of urgency to protect the marine eco system and ensure that the United Kingdom can continue to support a diverse range of marine wildlife off its coasts.","date":"2010-12-15","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"41971","proposer":"10527","edm":"982","session":"2010-12","title":"Impact Of Spending Cuts On Seaside Resort Economies","text":"That this House notes the seven local authority areas with the largest percentage of their population in receipt of Local Housing Allowance are all coastal areas containing some of the nation's best known seaside resorts; further notes that seaside resorts dependent on tourism tend to have economies built on low value, low paid, insecure employment where cuts to welfare cannot easily be replaced outside of the black economy; and calls on the Government to review urgently the impact of welfare reforms on coastal economies, and seaside resorts in particular, so that such areas do not suffer disproportionately from public spending cuts.","date":"2010-11-10","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"41729","proposer":"10834","edm":"769","session":"2010-12","title":"Japanese Whale And Dolphin Hunting","text":"That this House is deeply concerned that the Japanese Government issues quotas for the slaughter of over 18,000 dolphins, porpoises and other whales in coastal waters each year despite the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) moratorium on commercial whaling; is appalled that around a half million whales, dolphins and porpoises have been cruelly slaughtered in Japanese waters during the whaling ban alone; is alarmed that dolphin and porpoise meat is sold for public consumption and included in school lunches despite being contaminated with mercury and other toxins at levels exceeding public health safety limits; is further concerned that the cruel dolphin hunts are driving some populations to extinction and are partly motivated by the commercial sale of some animals to aquaria outside of Japan; and calls on the Prime Minister to make the strongest possible representations to the Japanese Government and Prime Minister calling on them to ban the sale of contaminated whale and dolphin products, abide by the international ban on commercial whaling and stop all dolphin, porpoise and other small cetacean hunts immediately.","date":"2010-09-16","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"41242","proposer":"11038","edm":"308","session":"2010-12","title":"Marine Pollution (S.i., 2010, No. 1228) (No. 2)","text":"That this House welcomes the Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) Regulations 2010 which were laid before it on 9 April 2010, in the previous Parliament; considers the new requirement for harbour authorities regulating cargo transfers to be licensed by the Secretary of State to be appropriate and proportionate without interfering in day-to-day harbour operations; and welcomes the safeguards given in schedules 1 and 2 to European wildlife sites and to the wider environment.","date":"2010-06-23","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"41113","proposer":"24948","edm":"190","session":"2010-12","title":"Marine Pollution (S.i., 2010, No. 1228)","text":"That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) Regulations 2010 (S.I., 2010, No. 1228), dated 8 April 2010, a copy of which was laid before this House on 9 April 2010, in the previous Parliament, be annulled.","date":"2010-06-09","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"41105","proposer":"10220","edm":"182","session":"2010-12","title":"World Oceans Day","text":"That this House welcomes the Marine Ecosystems Recovery Strategy agreed on World Oceans Day in the House of Commons by international parliamentarians attending the GLOBE Commission on Land Use Change and Ecosystems; notes its assessment that our oceans are in crisis through a combination of coastal pollution, over fishing and climate change and that more than one billion people worldwide are at risk from the loss of ecosystem services and food security; further welcomes the Recovery Strategy's call to reduce fleet overcapacity by phasing out the $22 billion per year global subsidy, allocate fishing rights to individuals or communities to incentivise resource conservation and avoid an economically wasteful race to fish, establish a new Global Framework Agreement for marine spatial planning in areas beyond national jurisdiction, progressively increase the network of Marine Protected Areas with effective monitoring and control to 25 per cent. of the world's oceans, mandate the United Nations (UN) to undertake a review of the effectiveness of Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs), introduce financial and other penalties upon those trading in illegal fish to address the problem of illegal unregulated and unreported catch, implement the UN Fish Stocks Agreement to move RFMOs to a precautionary, ecosystem-based approach to fish stock management; and considers that these measures are not only essential to ensure the recovery of a healthy marine ecosystem but are also vital to ensure the continued profitability of a sustainable fishing industry in the UK that contributes to employment and economic well being.","date":"2010-06-08","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"40224","proposer":"10597","edm":"640","session":"2009-10","title":"Living Seas Event 19 January 2010","text":"That this House congratulates the wildlife trusts on the launch of their Living Seas vision, which sets out their aspirations for the future of UK seas and the wildlife trusts' role in restoring the marine environment to good health; recognises the vital contribution that healthy seas make to our quality of life, from providing seafood to absorbing carbon; further recognises that the recently passed Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 provides a new framework for managing and protecting UK seas; welcomes the recent designation of Lundy Island as the first Marine Conservation Zone created under the Act; and urges politicians of all parties to commit to the spirit of the legislation and its effective and timely implementation, including the designation of an ecologically coherent network of marine protected areas by 2012.","date":"2010-01-18","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"39991","proposer":"10295","edm":"427","session":"2009-10","title":"Plastics 2020 Challenge Campaign And Marine Conservation","text":"That this House welcomes the Plastics 2020 Challenge campaign on marine litter and the fact that the Plastics 2020 Challenge is working with the Marine Conservation Society to tackle the growing problem of marine litter; notes that the Plastics 2020 Challenge promotes the recent agenda and action plan produced by the Marine Conservation Society as a useful structure to start the debate and has much that the industry can agree on; and further welcomes the fact that the Plastics 2020 Challenge supports the Marine Conservation Society's goals for action from Government and from industry.","date":"2009-12-09","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"39769","proposer":"10177","edm":"226","session":"2009-10","title":"Purchase Of Seafood By Public Sector Organisations","text":"That this House welcomes the success of the documentary film End of the Line in raising public awareness about the sustainability of global fish stocks and the implications of a world without enough fish; believes taxpayers' money should not be used to buy seafood in the public sector that is unsustainable; recognises the health benefits of eating shellfish and the importance of the shellfish industry to the UK seafood industry; and calls on the Government to prohibit public sector organisations from purchasing seafood included on the Marine Conservation Society's fish to avoid list and to require that all wild-caught seafood served in public sector organisations should be either Marine Stewardship Council-certified, or from stocks that meet the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation's Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.","date":"2009-11-25","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"39318","proposer":"10421","edm":"2087","session":"2008-09","title":"Dolphin Hunting","text":"That this House notes with concern that the Japanese government continues to issue quotas for the slaughter of around 20,000 dolphins, porpoises and whales in its coastal waters each year despite the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling; is appalled that almost half a million dolphins, porpoises and whales have been cruelly slaughtered in Japanese waters since implementation of the international whaling ban in 1986; is further concerned that the dolphin hunts are driving some populations to extinction; is alarmed at the considerable health concerns arising from high levels of mercury and other toxins found in whale, dolphin and porpoise products that are sold for public consumption, and even included in school lunches in Japan; and urges the Prime Minister to make the strongest possible representations to the new Japanese government calling on it to stop all whale, dolphin and porpoise hunts immediately.","date":"2009-10-19","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"38874","proposer":"11245","edm":"1661A1","session":"2008-09","title":"Marine And Coastal Access Bill","text":"after `wildlife;' insert, `notes that UK membership of the EU Common Fisheries Policy has led to the most intense period of destruction of marine life in UK waters;'.","date":"2009-06-16","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"38846","proposer":"10428","edm":"1661","session":"2008-09","title":"Marine And Coastal Access Bill","text":"That this House is aware that the UK's marine environment hosts an astonishing wealth of internationally important marine wildlife; acknowledges that the Marine and Coastal Access Bill currently passing through Parliament represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to deliver long-awaited protection for the UK's coastal marine environment; and therefore believes it important that any nature conservation provisions contained in the Bill must contain an unambiguous duty to designate an ecologically-coherent network of such zones which will protect them from either extractive or otherwise damaging commercial activities, and must include actual prohibitions against sea life disturbance in such environments.","date":"2009-06-15","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"38712","proposer":"11607","edm":"1541","session":"2008-09","title":"Marine Conservation Zones","text":"That this House congratulates the Government for bringing forward the world's first comprehensive system to plan and protect the seas now and for the future; notes the commitment of the Government to deliver an ecologically coherent network of marine conservation zones by 2012; further notes the commitment of the Government to deliver coastal access around the UK; and urges the Government to bring forward proposals to put these commitments on the statute book as soon as possible.","date":"2009-05-20","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"38688","proposer":"10295","edm":"1518","session":"2008-09","title":"Marine And Coastal Access Bill [lords]","text":"That this House congratulates the Government on the introduction of a bill to preserve the marine environment; notes the concerns expressed by the Wildlife Trust, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and the Marine Conservation Society to strengthen aspects of the Marine and Coastal Access Bill to ensure that effective conservation legislation is delivered; calls on the Government to bring forward amendments to provide that those causing reckless damage to marine conservation zones are as accountable as those found to be causing the damage purposefully; and further calls on the Government to address these issues and work with these organisations as the Bill progresses.","date":"2009-05-18","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"37757","proposer":"11489","edm":"703","session":"2008-09","title":"Scallop Dredging In Cardigan Bay","text":"That this House notes with concern the considerable environmental damage to the seabed that can be caused by scallop dredging; recognises the importance of a thriving marine environment to biodiversity and to sustainable fishing; further notes that Cardigan Bay is home to a wide variety of species, and parts of which have been designated as a Special Area of Conservation because of their importance to marine wildlife; applauds the decisions taken in recent years to ban scallop dredging in areas where there have been environmental concerns, such as the Isles of Scilly and Lyme Bay; acknowledges that these decisions have pushed scallop dredging elsewhere, including to Cardigan Bay; and urges the North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee and the Welsh Assembly Government to bring forward restrictions that will protect Cardigan Bay's rich and varied marine environment from further damage.","date":"2009-02-05","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"37434","proposer":"11245","edm":"337A1","session":"2008-09","title":"Marine Reserves","text":"after `ecosystems;' insert `further notes that the main damage to fish stocks and the marine environment come from fishing by the non-British EU fishing fleet.'.","date":"2009-01-12","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"37435","proposer":"11245","edm":"337A2","session":"2008-09","title":"Marine Reserves","text":"at end add `and the need to enable sustainable fishing by the British fishing fleet.'.","date":"2009-01-12","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"37348","proposer":"11318","edm":"337","session":"2008-09","title":"Marine Reserves","text":"That this House notes the recommendation made by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution in their 25th Report in 2004 that a widespread network of highly protected marine reserves throughout all UK seas is an important marine management tool which is required in order to rebuild UK commercial fish stocks and to halt the serious damage being caused to marine ecosystems; and calls upon the Government to develop selection criteria under the Marine Bill for establishing a network of protected marine areas based around science-based decision making.","date":"2008-12-17","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"37140","proposer":"10358","edm":"148","session":"2008-09","title":"Achievements Of Venturers Search And Rescue","text":"That this House applauds the continuing work of Venturers Search and Rescue, based on the Solent and comprised of boys and girls aged 12 to 18 years, who have carried out numerous rescues of yachtsmen this year; congratulates 17 year old Mathew Dann, one of the youngest Royal Yachting Association powerboat instructors, who has been in command of more than 50 such rescues in 2008; and believes that the work of the Venturers demonstrates the best qualities of character and values embodied in today's young people.","date":"2008-12-08","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"37062","proposer":"10527","edm":"70","session":"2008-09","title":"Sourcing Of Sea Bass Supply From Hand-Line Fishermen","text":"That this House notes the continuing slaughter of dolphins and other cetaceans as a consequence of industrial pair trawling for sea bass; believes that all buyers should follow the example of restaurants in the South Hams, Teignbridge and Torbay and source their supply from hand-line fishermen rather than pair trawlers; and calls on the Government to encourage all outlets across all departments under its influence to do likewise.","date":"2008-12-03","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"37080","proposer":"11318","edm":"88","session":"2008-09","title":"Discarded Fish","text":"That this House expresses concern about the economic and environmental impact of fish discards; notes with concern the estimate that two million tonnes of healthy fish stock are thrown back into the sea dead each year; is further concerned that in some fisheries discard rates exceed 50 per cent. meaning that more fish are thrown back into the sea than are landed; and calls on the Government to work with the EU to secure a ban on this immoral and wasteful practice at the earliest opportunity.","date":"2008-12-03","status":"o"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"36735","proposer":"11245","edm":"2189A1","session":"2007-08","title":"Taking Forward The Marine Bill","text":"after `seas', insert `notes that one of the greatest threats to marine life in UK waters is that, under the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) more fish are thrown back dead than are legally landed across the EU, and that marine conservation has been destroyed by the CFP.'.","date":"2008-10-27","status":"c"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"36538","proposer":"11318","edm":"2189","session":"2007-08","title":"Taking Forward The Marine Bill","text":"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.","date":"2008-10-07","status":"c"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"36062","proposer":"10716","edm":"1762","session":"2007-08","title":"Puffin Population","text":"That this House notes with alarm that puffin numbers in the North Sea are in sharp decline with colonies on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth falling by nearly a third this year after decades of continual population increases; believes that puffins represent a vital element of UK marine life; recognises that due to puffins' broad spread across the North Sea and their varied diet, any decline in puffin numbers is indicative of broader ecological concerns across the North Sea; further notes that scientists have highlighted warming seas, changes and shifts in puffin food supplies, and intensive fishing across the North Sea as all contributing to the current declining numbers; and calls on the Government to work with local and national ecological groups to safeguard the future of the puffin and to bring forward a Marine Bill to urgently protect the UK's coastline.","date":"2008-06-11","status":"c"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"36016","proposer":"10229","edm":"1730","session":"2007-08","title":"World Oceans Day","text":"That this House notes that World Oceans Day took place on 8th June 2008; supports this year's theme of helping the climate by helping oceans; recognises the supreme importance of the oceans to wildlife, weather, business, travel, science, medicine, recreation, pleasure and culture; further recognises that Britain is an island nation which depends on the sea for trade; values the work undertaken by marine scientists in highlighting the link between the health of the oceans and climate change; welcomes the progress of the Climate Change Bill and Draft Marine Bill; and congratulates Conrad Humphreys' Blue Project website, which seeks to raise awareness of the importance of the oceans and climate change through marine sportsmen and women acting as champions and ambassadors for action.","date":"2008-06-09","status":"c"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"35908","proposer":"10097","edm":"1627","session":"2007-08","title":"Coastal Access For Dogs","text":"That this House believes the proposed Marine Bill should increase access to the English and Welsh coasts for dogs and responsible dog owners along with other land users; appreciates the considerable health benefits that regularly walking a dog can bring; recognises that dog owners have a legal responsibility to provide their dogs with adequate exercise; and notes the environmental benefits of dog owners being able to access land within their local areas, without having to drive elsewhere.","date":"2008-05-21","status":"c"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"35361","proposer":"10586","edm":"1141","session":"2007-08","title":"Marine Bill (No. 3)","text":"That this House believes that technological advances and national commitments have led to an intensification of economic activity in the seas with the potential to cause irreparable damage to marine ecosystems; deplores the fact that at present less than 0.001 per cent. of the UK's sea area is fully protected by law for nature conservation; is mindful that the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution's Turning the Tide report concluded in 2004 that at least 30 per cent. of UK waters should be no-take reserves in order to deliver the kind of recovery needed to restore ecosystems and thereby make fish populations sustainable; welcomes the proposal to introduce a Marine Bill; but calls on the Government to ensure that it places a duty on the Secretary of State to establish an ecologically coherent network of highly protected marine reserves covering at least 30 per cent. of UK seas out to 200 nautical miles.","date":"2008-03-10","status":"c"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"34479","proposer":"10527","edm":"359","session":"2007-08","title":"Protection Of Reefs In Lyme Bay","text":"That this House welcomes the current Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs public consultation on measures to protect the marine biodiversity of reefs in Lyme Bay; recognises that these habitats are of national, if not international, conservation importance and can support a range of sustainable economic activities, including potting, sports diving and sea angling, providing a significant return to local businesses; further recognises that the needs of wildlife and of these local businesses are threatened by scallop dredging which slowly destroys the habitats on which they all depend, for less than half the return from the same area; believes that the protection of the Lyme Bay reefs is urgently required on environmental and economic grounds; and therefore calls on the Government to introduce statutory protection for the entire 60 square miles of the Lyme Bay reefs, which constitutes less than 10 per cent. of the whole of Lyme Bay.","date":"2007-11-22","status":"c"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"34235","proposer":"10526","edm":"145","session":"2007-08","title":"Environmental Coalition For A Marine Bill","text":"That this House welcomes the inclusion of a draft Marine Bill in the legislative programme; applauds the work of the Marine Conservation Society, the RSPB, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, The Wildlife Trusts and WWF who came together through the Wildlife and Countryside Link coalition to press for a Marine Bill for the 2007-08 legislative programme; notes their disappointment at the omission of a full Bill; notes the continued cross-party political support for a Marine Bill; welcomes the widespread public support for the Bill gathered by these organisations over the summer; believes that with the utmost urgency the United Kingdom needs a new approach to managing and protecting its marine resources, wildlife and cultural heritage; further believes that the Marine Bill must be based on a statutory system of spatial planning to reduce conflict between the many users of these seas as well as reform of inshore fisheries; further believes that, given the extraordinary richness of wildlife in UK seas, the Bill must put protection of wildlife at the heart of marine policy through measures including the designation of a network of marine conservation zones; and calls on the Government to introduce a Marine Bill at the earliest opportunity during the current Parliament.","date":"2007-11-07","status":"c"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"34101","proposer":"10470","edm":"11","session":"2007-08","title":"Access To Coast And Countryside","text":"That this House recognises the importance of public access to the coast and countryside for the health and wellbeing of the nation; supports the expansion of access alongside appropriate protection for sensitive habitats; and believes that this is best achieved through voluntary agreements with those who own and manage the land, rather than by the creation of more statutory powers.","date":"2007-11-06","status":"c"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"34111","proposer":"11318","edm":"21","session":"2007-08","title":"Marine Environment","text":"That this House notes that the marine environment surrounding the United Kingdom supports around 44,000 species; further notes the importance of clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas; is concerned about the ever-increasing pressure on the marine environment from coastal and offshore activities; believes that continued degradation threatens the long-term survival of internationally valuable habitats, wildlife and maritime archaeology; believes that such degradation of the marine environment is detrimental to the economic activities dependent on marine resources; notes that the United Kingdom does not have a strategic and co-ordinated approach for managing marine resources and for protecting the biological and cultural heritage; and calls upon the Government to introduce a system of integrated marine management, marine spatial plans and marine protected areas by enacting a Marine Bill in this Session.","date":"2007-11-06","status":"c"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"34181","proposer":"11318","edm":"91","session":"2007-08","title":"Marine Bill And UK Government Policy","text":"That this House notes that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs identified protecting the marine environment as one of its main objectives in 2001 in Working For The Essentials of Life; further notes that in Delivering The Essentials Of Life: Defra's Five Year Strategy in 2004 the Government promised to deliver a Marine Bill; is disappointed that the Government failed to deliver the draft Marine Bill promised in the 2005 Queen's Speech; is further disappointed that the promise made by the former marine environment minister, the hon. Member for Exeter, that there would be a Marine Bill in this Session (Environmental Audit Committee Eight Report of Session 2005-06) is likely to be broken; urges the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to take a greater leadership role in co-ordinating the devolved administrations and Government departments in the production of the Marine Bill; recognises the strong support in Parliament and among the general public for a Marine Bill; and calls upon the Government to introduce a Marine Bill in the present Session and to ensure that the provisions of the Bill are brought into force.","date":"2007-11-06","status":"c"},{"topic":"Marine environment","id":"34186","proposer":"10006","edm":"96","session":"2007-08","title":"Marine Bill (No. 2)","text":"That this House calls on the Government to introduce a Marine Bill in this Parliamentary session.","date":"2007-11-06","status":"c"}]