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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) areas, making a mockery of that designation, but have been ignoring objections from the Joint Nature Conservation - Speech Link
2: Theresa Villiers (Con - Chipping Barnet) We are taking truly world-leading action, protecting an area of ocean larger than India. - Speech Link
3: Alistair Strathern (Lab - Mid Bedfordshire) There are fantastic local conservation groups and charities, and some brilliant work is being done by - Speech Link
4: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) They both undertake conservation work to help to improve nature in their local areas. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
World Species Congress - Tue 14 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Sarah Champion (Lab - Rotherham) The aim of the debate is simple and straightforward: to recognise the urgent species recovery and conservation - Speech Link
2: Sarah Champion (Lab - Rotherham) Conservation organisations up and down the country, including zoos and aquariums, are patiently waiting - Speech Link
3: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) It is not okay to go back to the old mantra of, “Shooting bad, conservation good.” - Speech Link
4: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) When functioning well, ocean and land ecosystems globally remove around 50% of human-made carbon dioxide - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Kevin Foster (Con - Torbay) For background, the UN convention on biological diversity aims to promote biodiversity conservation and - Speech Link
2: 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
3: Barry Gardiner (Lab - Brent North) The Government could also allow the territories to access funding pots already put aside for conservation - Speech Link
4: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) It is one of the most significant steps forward in international conservation in human history—something - 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) health.Plastics can be found in ever-increasing quantities everywhere, from the top of Mount Everest to the deep ocean - Speech Link
2: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley) in rinse-off personal care products, which prevents billions of tiny plastic beads from entering the ocean - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
International Mother Earth Day - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) restore biodiversity in environmentally critical landscapes, including the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation - Speech Link
2: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) On Friday of last week, I was in Cyprus at the Commonwealth Ocean Ministers Meeting. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) bringing in this Bill, which will severely damage nature’s own carbon capture and storage system: the ocean - Speech Link
2: Baroness Young of Old Scone (Lab - Life peer) blocks in marine protected areas, as part of the commitment in the Bill.The International Union for Conservation - Speech Link
3: Baroness Willis of Summertown (XB - Life peer) past few years, the UK Government have made good strides to protect critically important areas in the ocean - Speech Link
4: Lord Bishop of Norwich (Bshp - Bishops) With the analysis that she has given us and our knowledge that the International Union for Conservation - Speech Link


Written Statements
UK Ocean Leadership - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) statement:“This statement provides an update on UK leadership and engagement on current international ocean - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 - Tue 12 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Mark Spencer (Con - Sherwood) to move,That the Committee has considered the draft Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Local Authorities: Financial Difficulties - Wed 14 Feb 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Dubs (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, what the Minister said is of course welcome, but it is still a drop in the ocean compared to - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) South Tyneside, and Plymouth City Council launching the first ever national marine park to support conservation - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 - Tue 13 Feb 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) make provision to ensure that the United Kingdom, as a member of the International Commission for the Conservation - Speech Link