Focuses on a broad range of issues affecting the ocean, specifically concentrating on plastic pollution, marine protection, water quality and climate change. The group brings together politicians and key stakeholders into a participatory space where expertise, ideas and networking converge to help better protect the ocean.
1. Policy paper: 25 Year Environment Plan
16/05/2019 - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Found: Gabarone, 1983)
12. 1979 Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural
Habitats
2. Surfers Against Sewage - written evidence
13/02/2019 - Inquiry: Scrutiny of the draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
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Found: of Surfers Against Sewage, a leading marine conservation charity in the UK, working with more than 430
3. Shark fin trade
09/07/2020 - Early Day Motions
Found: work towards a strong Global Ocean Treaty to improve shark conservation.
4. Future of the sea: ocean acidification
31/08/2017 - Government Office for Science (GO-Science)
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Found:
Future of the sea: ocean acidification - GOV.UK
5. UK takes step forward in global marine protection
14/03/2019 - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Found: of calls to protect 30 per cent of the world’s ocean by 2030.
The UK Government has backed plans by Ascension
1. Uncontrolled Shark Fishing in the Atlantic
03/07/2018 - Westminster Hall
1: UK and beyond that do excellent work on shark conservation all over the world. The adoption certificate - Speech Link
2: understand that the International Union for Conservation of Nature classes sharks simply as “vulnerable” - Speech Link
3: fisheries at an international level and make the conservation of shark species a key priority. I am thankful - Speech Link
2. Blue Belt Programme: Marine Protected Areas
19/12/2017 - Westminster Hall
1: that we recently had a long debate on marine conservation. I hope that he will join the all-party group - Speech Link
2: world by example across the whole spectrum of ocean conservation.I salute the great many people who - Speech Link
3: I well understand the importance of marine conservation, and I am very happy to support the Blue Belt - Speech Link
3. Blue Belt Programme: South Sandwich Islands
12/12/2018 - Westminster Hall
1: When commercial fishing in the Atlantic ocean and North sea had to be stopped during world war - Speech Link
2: what remains to this day, I think, the biggest conservation commitment ever made by any Government ever - Speech Link
3: spectacularly. The Pitcairn islands in the Pacific ocean, for example, are surrounded by the most pristine - Speech Link
4. Marine Protected Areas
17/03/2021 - Westminster Hall
1: produced by human activity are absorbed by the ocean. Some of that is good and some of it leads to the - Speech Link
2: MPAs: marine conservation zones, special protection areas, and special areas of conservation. They all contribute - Speech Link
5. Marine Environment
14/11/2017 - Westminster Hall
1: there are ships that do scrape the bottom of the ocean, taking everything. That is a savage and unacceptable - Speech Link
2: According to Sky Ocean Rescue, a rubbish truck’s worth of plastic is dumped in the ocean every minute. Some - Speech Link
3: that the UK has shown real leadership on ocean conservation through the action of various Governments - Speech Link
asked by: Patrick Grady
19/10/2018
... what emergency procedures are in place to protect the flora and fauna of the British Indian Ocean Territory in the event of an accident involving military aircraft or naval vessels. 2. HMS Ocean
asked by: Lord West of Spithead
26/02/2019
...To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the sale price of HMS Ocean to Brazil; and how much they plan to spend on the new Littoral Strike Ships. 3. HMS Ocean
asked by: Lord West of Spithead
25/02/2019
...To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider buying back HMS Ocean from Brazil to be the first of the UK's Littoral Strike Ships. 4. HMS Ocean
asked by: Luke Pollard
25/07/2018
... what the final agreed price was for the sale of HMS Ocean to the Brazilian Government. 5. HMS Ocean
asked by: Luke Pollard
25/07/2018
... what the agreed payment schedule is for the purchase of HMS Ocean by the Brazilian Government.
6 Current APPG Officers
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Steve Double
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - St Austell and Newquay
Joined: 21st November 2018Beer , Celtic Sea , Christianity in the Holy Land , Critical Minerals , Dairy , Faith and Society , Fatherhood , General Aviation , Hong Kong , Hospitality and Tourism , Hydrogen , Migration , Nature , Space
Air Pollution , Alternative Investment Management , Celtic Sea , China , Hong Kong , Rohingya , Speech and Language Difficulties , Trade Justice , Western Gateway , Youth Action against Climate Change
Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming , Axial Spondyloarthritis , Belize , Climate Change , Electric Aviation , Finland , International Conservation , Jordan , Music , National Food Strategy , Nature , Net Zero , Performers' Alliance , Russia , School Food , Snooker , Somaliland , Sustainable Resource , Sweden , Theatre , Tibet , Ticket Abuse , Vegetarianism and Veganism , Young People's Health
Acquired Brain Injury , Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming , Choice at the End of Life , Climate Change , Compassionate Politics , Coronavirus , Dark Skies , Deliberative Democracy , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drones , Drug Policy Reform , Electoral Campaigning Transparency , Fairtrade , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Future Generations , Gaps in Support , Green New Deal , Land Value Capture , Limits to Growth , Mindfulness , Nature , Refugees , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Reuniting Britain Post-Brexit , Sixth Form Education , Southern Rail , State Pension Inequality for Women , Students , Trade Justice , Votes at 16 , West Papua , Women in Parliament
Contact Details
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Steve Double MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 4408.
Email: steve.double.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Alice Field, Surfers Against Sewage, Unit 2, Wheal Kitty Workshops, St Agnes, Cornwall TR5 0RD. Tel: 01872 555 944
Email: info@oceanconvservationappg.org
Secretariat:
Surfers Against Sewage acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.sas.org.uk/
Benefits in Kind
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Surfers Against Sewage
Secretariat From : 11/02/2020 To : 10/02/2021
£1,501
10 Oct 2018
Surfers Against Sewage
Secretariat From : 10/10/2018 To : 09/10/2019
£6,001
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Ocean Conservation APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Scott Mann
Treasurer
Conservative - North Cornwall
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 27th January 2021
Gary Streeter
Secretary
Conservative - South West Devon
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Adult Social Care , Celtic Sea , Christians in Parliament , Faith and Society , Mayflower 400 , Religion in the Media , South West
Gary Streeter
Secretary
Conservative - South West Devon
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 21st November 2018
Adult Social Care , Celtic Sea , Christians in Parliament , Faith and Society , Mayflower 400 , Religion in the Media , South West