To highlight the importance of preserving our ability to see a dark sky at night; promote the adoption of dark sky friendly lighting and planning policies; protect existing UK Dark Sky reserves and support potential new reserves; and collaborate with overseas groups such as the International Dark Sky Association.
1. Cornwall's dark sky status
28/11/2017 - Parliamentary Research
Found: PACK Number CDP 2017/0241, 28 November 2017 Dark skies in Cornwall By Georgina Hutton, Nikki Sutherland
2. Artificial light in the environment
01/11/2019 - Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- View source
Found: Glare:
The excessive contrast between bright and dark areas in the ˜eld of view.
Light trespas
s: Unwanted
3. VALUE FOR MONEY AND SWANSEA BAY TIDAL LAGOON
01/11/2017 - Early Day Motions
Found: Beauty, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, dark skies, an archaeological site and, in particular, the
4. An approach to seascape sensitivity assessment (MMO1204)
15/07/2020 - Marine Management Organisation (MMO)
- View source
Found: movement, presence of man
-
made
structures, dark skies/
lighting, noise.
Naturalness
/
Wildness
5. National Parks: 8-point plan for England (2016 to 2020)
08/04/2016 - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- View source
Found: Projects such as the Northumberland National Park
‚Dark
Skies™ initiative
can
keep businesses open and viable
1. Dark Skies
14/12/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: country here this evening, representing their own dark sky places and reserves. It is an immense privilege - Speech Link
2: air in every breath, wildlife aplenty and lovely dark nights to sleep through. I am very supportive of - Speech Link
3: single biggest contributor.Finally, our dark skies are increasingly an economic activity on which - Speech Link
4: proud to be the only dark sky reserve in Wales and the fifth international dark sky reserve in the world - Speech Link
2. Dark Sky Status (Cornwall)
29/11/2017 - Westminster Hall
1: That this House has considered Cornwall’s dark skies status.It is a pleasure to serve under - Speech Link
3. South Downs National Park: 10th Anniversary
12/01/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: take the points he made—but he did not mention dark skies, which I was surprised at. Did he leave something - Speech Link
2: will allow me, I will be very happy to mention dark skies. As she knows, I hosted an Adjournment debate - Speech Link
3: recently. The South Downs is now famed for its dark skies. Given that it has so many people living near - Speech Link
4. Alexei Navalny
21/01/2021 - Lords Chamber
1: the City of London is still acting as a haven for dark money connected to human rights abuses in Russia - Speech Link
5. Housing Developments: West Sussex
07/09/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: we should acknowledge the special quality of dark skies and use the next draft of the national planning - Speech Link
6. Avro Vulcan XH558
21/07/2015 - Westminster Hall
1: not be denied the chance to see XH558 take to the skies again. Step forward a nuclear physicist and IT company - Speech Link
2: Dave Thomas and Barry Masefield took XH558 to the skies once more, where she has been the star of the air - Speech Link
3: that another generation might witness it in the skies over the UK. I met several of those volunteers at - Speech Link
4: and that we will not be able to spot it in the skies of the nation that it served and protected so diligently - Speech Link
7. Open Skies Agreement (Membership) Bill [HL]
26/01/2018 - Lords Chamber
1: Kingdom’s retention of the open skies agreement following EU withdrawal. Open skies is one of a suite of aviation-related - Speech Link
2: Kingdom and the United States; prior to the open skies agreement there were the two Bermuda agreements - Speech Link
8. RAF Centenary
26/11/2018 - Commons Chamber
1: protected Baltic skies over the Black sea and it will soon be over Icelandic skies. It is all about protecting - Speech Link
2: Force continuously stands vigilant to protect our skies here in the United Kingdom, but it is also taking - Speech Link
3: defending our skies and dealing with these threats. That sense of protecting our skies has been a theme - Speech Link
4: is always right, and the RAF is protecting our skies from potential threats. That is the right thing - Speech Link
5: teams, who are in constant readiness to protect our skies.The RAF has a distinguished past, and we - Speech Link
6: Bomber Command, many of whom flew on their own in the dark at night, despite being part of large formations - Speech Link
7: the country; it fought valiantly, defending our skies and our shores from invasion.I want to talk - Speech Link
9. Coventry Blitz: 80th Anniversary
11/11/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: the daylight skies from German aggression in the battle of Britain.In the skies at night, it was - Speech Link
10. Air Force (Constitution) Act 1917
23/11/2017 - Westminster Hall
1: from countries all over the world, defended the skies over Britain in their Spitfires, Hurricanes, Blenheims - Speech Link
2: Farnborough air show but had never got into the skies in one, so I had the accolade of being the first - Speech Link
3: childhood was spent looking up to the Shropshire skies and seeing the aircraft training, and visiting the - Speech Link
4: tank. They were certainly not going to look at the skies and say, “We really need something else,” yet when - Speech Link
Registered Contact:
Andrew Griffith MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 4557.
Email: Andrew@GriffithMP.com
Public Enquiry Point:
Chris Cook, Office of Andrew Griffith MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8682
Email: chris.cook@parliament.uk
No benefits in kind are on record for the Dark Skies APPG
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Dark Skies APPG