MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS BILL

Early day motion 1661, tabled 15 June 2009 by Alan Meale (Labour). Signed by 53 members.

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.

Signatures by party: Labour 35, Liberal Democrat 8, Conservative 3, DUP 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Independent 1, Scottish National Party 1, UUP 1.