Marine Protected Areas (Bottom Trawling) Bill [HL]
Motion to Withdraw 10:07:00 Moved by Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: That the Bill be withdrawn. Motion agreed.
Highly Protected Marine Areas
The Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMA) initiative, led by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, seeks to establish marine protected areas with comprehensive conservation measures including restrictions on bottom trawling to protect marine ecosystems. The policy is advancing through the Marine Protected Areas (Bottom Trawling) Bill and related consultation processes, with emphasis on whole-site protection approaches and international coordination on high seas conservation.
Marine Protected Areas (Bottom Trawling) Bill [HL]
First Reading 11:59:00 A Bill to regulate and limit the practice of bottom trawling in marine protected areas; and for connected purposes. The Bill was introduced by Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick, read a first time and ordered to be printed.
13 Mar 2024
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Bill
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Marine Protected Areas (Bottom Trawling) Bill [HL]
First Reading 11:48:00 A Bill to regulate and limit the practice of bottom trawling in marine protected areas, and for connected purposes. The Bill was introduced by Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (on behalf of Lord Randall of Uxbridge), read a …
6 May 2022
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Marine Protected Areas (Bottom Trawling) Bill — Second reading
A Bill to regulate and limit the practice of bottom trawling in marine protected areas, and for connected purposes.
1 Mar 2022
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Bill introduced
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Marine Protected Areas (Bottom Trawling) Bill — First reading
A Bill to regulate and limit the practice of bottom trawling in marine protected areas, and for connected purposes.
9 Feb 2022
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Bill introduced
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Seals (Protection) Bill — First reading
A Bill to amend the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to make the intentional or reckless disturbance or harassment of seals an offence; to make further provision about the protection of seals; and fo