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Westminster Hall
Biodiversity Loss - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Caroline Lucas (Green - Brighton, Pavilion) There was widespread alarm at the extreme marine heatwave last year, during which seas off the coast - Speech Link
2: Theresa Villiers (Con - Chipping Barnet) From the pollinators that enable us grow crops and the marine life that provides our most popular national - Speech Link
3: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) Some 47% of our energy last year came from renewables, and an enormous shift has happened under this - Speech Link
4: Caroline Lucas (Green - Brighton, Pavilion) I want to ensure that we do not have fossil fuel extraction in marine protected areas, and again, that - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Under-10-Metre Fishing Fleet: South-West - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Steve Double (Con - St Austell and Newquay) around the Cornish coast are attracting different species of fish.I hear from local fishermen that the Marine - Speech Link
2: Derek Thomas (Con - St Ives) We began to talk about national food security; it is really important that we get energy and food security - Speech Link
3: Mark Spencer (Con - Sherwood) The industry has worked hard to ensure Marine Stewardship Council accreditation for Cornish sardines - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Artificial Light and Noise: Effects on Human Health (Science and Technology Committee Report) - Thu 09 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Brown of Cambridge (XB - Life peer) despite a dramatic increase in artificial lighting both inside and outdoors since the advent of cheap, energy-efficient - Speech Link
2: Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Con - Life peer) We also have a problem, which has already been mentioned, with marine animals. - Speech Link
3: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) It can be a source of annoyance to people and harmful to wildlife, and it can waste energy and detract - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
National Networks National Policy Statement - Wed 08 May 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lord Berkeley (Lab - Life peer) Agency’s Joint Nature Conservation Committee—a statutory maritime advisory committee—not to drill oil in marine - Speech Link
2: Baroness Young of Old Scone (Lab - Life peer) In February 2022, the energy national policy statements were withdrawn for further review in light of - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
National Grid: Pylons - Thu 02 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) I will share some of the thoughts of another group I have met: Suffolk Energy Action Solutions. - Speech Link
2: Virginia Crosbie (Con - Ynys Môn) Morlais, the wave project, has benefited from the UK Government ringfencing marine energy in the contract - Speech Link
3: Nia Griffith (Lab - Llanelli) Wales have fantastic resources, be that for onshore and offshore wind, rooftop solar or a range of marine - Speech Link
4: Mark Fletcher (Con - Bolsover) We must also consider the impacts on the marine environment and marine users, such as the fisheries industry - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Global Ocean Treaty - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) That is why we have done the work in creating many marine conservation zones and marine protected areas - Speech Link
2: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) protected area, the Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor. - Speech Link
3: Barry Gardiner (Lab - Brent North) Like plants, phytoplankton capture large amounts of carbon dioxide and convert it to usable cellular energy - Speech Link
4: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) Their decision to grant new oil licences is not a long-term solution to energy security or the cost of - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Single-use Plastics - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Sarah Dyke (LD - Somerton and Frome) companies, the plastics industry represents a lifeline as the world looks to replace oil and gas as an energy - Speech Link
2: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley) They have been found in large quantities in beach litter surveys conducted by DEFRA and the Marine Conservation - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill
Committee stage - Tue 23 Apr 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: None I suggest that there is a need for a marine spatial plan because marine planning is currently reliant - Speech Link
2: None This marine spatial prioritisation and planning would allow for the full range of marine activities, - Speech Link
3: None approach to identifying future sites for marine developments and energy infrastructure, and that these - Speech Link
4: Lord Lennie (Lab - Life peer) of energy policy in this country. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) Alongside floating wind power, we also have the opportunity to take advantage of tidal and marine power - Speech Link
2: Claire Coutinho (Con - East Surrey) conversations with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that we share our marine - Speech Link
3: Kerry McCarthy (Lab - Bristol East) Why should people be paying even more on their energy bills to switch off cleaner and cheaper energy - Speech Link
4: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) to say that their priority is energy security, energy self-sufficiency and energy sovereignty. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill
2nd reading - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Baroness Young of Old Scone (Lab - Life peer) The first is marine protected areas. - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Norwich (Bshp - Bishops) I also want to speak about marine protected areas. - Speech Link
3: Earl Russell (LD - Excepted Hereditary) , solar, marine power and tidal schemes. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) the risk to marine health, especially given the lack of regard for protected marine areas. - Speech Link
5: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) The soon-to-be-commissioned strategic spatial energy plan and the cross-government marine spatial prioritisation - Speech Link