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Marine Protected Areas Revisited inquiry

Inquiry by the Environmental Audit Committee, 13 July 2016 to 13 July 2017. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 13 December 2016: Joan Edwards, Head of Living Seas, The Wildlife Trusts, Dr Jean-Luc Solandt, Principal Specialist, Marine Protected Areas, Marine Conservation Society, Jeff Knott, Head of Nature Policy, RSPBProfessor Callum Roberts, University of York, Peter Jones, Reader in Environmental Governance, University College London, Professor Russell Wynn, National Oceanography Centre, Dr Matthew Frost, Deputy Director, Knowledge Exchange, Marine Biological Association
  • 10 January 2017: Rodney Anderson, Advisor, North Sea Marine Cluster, Peter Barham, Chair, Seabed Users and Development Group, Dale Rodmell, Assistant Chief Executive, National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations, and Emma Barton, Planning and Environmental Manager, The Royal Yachting Organisation; Catherine Wensink, Forum Manager and Senior Conservation Officer, UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum, and Charles Clover, Executive Director, BLUE Marine Foundation (at 11.00am).
  • 31 January 2017: John Tuckett, Chief Executive Officer, Marine Management Organisation, Dr Stephen Bolt, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities, and Dr Jon Davies, MPA Programme Leader, Joint Nature Conservation Committee; Dr Thérèse Coffey MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Life Opportunities, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Dr Gemma Harper, Deputy Director for Marine and Chief Social Scientist, DEFRA, The Rt Hon. the Baroness Anelay of St Johns, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and Jane Rumble, Head of Polar Regions Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (at 11.00am).