All 2 Debates between Richard Drax and Martin Vickers

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Debate between Richard Drax and Martin Vickers
Monday 8th January 2018

(7 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Richard Drax Portrait Richard Drax (South Dorset) (Con)
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3. What steps her Department is taking to encourage greater collaboration between police and fire services.

Martin Vickers Portrait Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con)
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4. What steps her Department is taking to encourage greater collaboration between police and fire services.

Nick Hurd Portrait The Minister for Policing and the Fire Service (Mr Nick Hurd)
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The Government are very keen to encourage further collaboration between the blue-light services and have taken actions through the Policing and Crime Act 2017 to empower exactly that.

Common Fisheries Policy

Debate between Richard Drax and Martin Vickers
Thursday 15th March 2012

(12 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Martin Vickers Portrait Martin Vickers
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That is a very good point. It stands to reason that those who are involved in the fishing industry and who know how to manage stocks should manage those stocks.

It is interesting to note that all three Members whose constituencies are bounded by the River Humber—the hon. Member for Great Grimsby, my hon. Friend the Member for Brigg and Goole (Andrew Percy), and me—oppose our membership of the EU. The Grimsby-Cleethorpes community has never really recovered from the decline of the fishing industry, which was sacrificed in the original negotiations for entry to what was then the Common Market. The scars run very deep, and I would be failing in my duty if I did not represent those feelings in the House.

Richard Drax Portrait Richard Drax
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Is not the use of the expression “common resource” disingenuous and misleading? I do not see how the fish in our waters can possibly be a common resource for others to tuck into whenever they want.

Martin Vickers Portrait Martin Vickers
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That is an entirely valid point.