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HANSARDLindisfarne Highly Protected Marine Conservation AreaMy Lords, the Government have consulted on a proposal to designate five pilot highly protected marine areas. The Secretary of State announced this morning the Government’s…28 Feb 2023HANSARDLindisfarne Highly Protected Marine Conservation AreaThe noble Lord’s knowledge of this area is, of course, understood, and he is absolutely right. This was a meaningful consultation that sought the views of people from all sectors…28 Feb 2023HANSARDLindisfarne Highly Protected Marine Conservation AreaWhen Michael Gove was the Secretary of State, he asked me to chair a panel of scientists and others to look at whether we should have highly protected marine areas as part of our…28 Feb 2023HANSARDLindisfarne Highly Protected Marine Conservation AreaTrawler activity on our seabeds is often incompatible with marine conservation. We want to make sure that while we are helping our fishing industry prosper in the new world in…28 Feb 2023HANSARDLindisfarne Highly Protected Marine Conservation AreaI am lost for words.28 Feb 2023HANSARDLindisfarne Highly Protected Marine Conservation AreaThe noble and right reverend Lord’s knowledge and understanding of this area and his support for the people who live there are appreciated. I had a letter from his successor, the…28 Feb 2023HANSARDLindisfarne Highly Protected Marine Conservation AreaIt is a generalisation, but by and large local inshore fishing is much the most sustainable and we want to see it encouraged. It delivers most for our coastal communities, and the…28 Feb 2023HANSARDLindisfarne Highly Protected Marine Conservation AreaWe amended the boundary of this site to reflect precisely the points raised by the noble Baroness and will continue to work with local people, particularly fishers, to do this. In…28 Feb 2023HANSARDLindisfarne Highly Protected Marine Conservation AreaWe want to continue to make sure that our marine areas achieve good environmental status, as we set out in our marine strategy. That involves dealing with plastics, litter and the…28 Feb 2023HANSARDLindisfarne Highly Protected Marine Conservation AreaWe are looking very carefully and determinedly to find a solution to this. The noble Lord will know that we commissioned our chief scientific adviser, Professor Henderson, to lead…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am quoting what Ministers have been saying for some weeks now, so it should not be a great surprise to noble Lords. With that, I hope that noble Lords are prepared to withdraw…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIn the work we are doing to assess each area of retained EU law, we will make an assessment of whether we are going to need some more time to do it. Your Lordships will be…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWe have got the resources that we need to carry out this work.28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am very grateful to noble Lords for what has been a very thorough debate. Before getting into the meat of this, I thought I would just set the scene on why this legislation is…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am very happy for the noble Baroness. As a parliamentarian in the UK Parliament, I had no say. However, many of the regulations were very good and we want to retain them. I am…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillInterpretive effects are not case law; they are the principle of EU supremacy—general principles and Section 4 rights. The general principles of EU law directly affecting rights,…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI will certainly do so; I will then be able to read my own writing. As the Secretary of State reiterated in her speech at the launch of the environmental improvement plan on 31…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillAbsolutely, because if we cannot do so for any reason then we have that power of extension, which we will apply if necessary. I hope that is a real reassurance to noble Lords,…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThat would be the extension point. We will assess them on a case-by-case basis and apply the extension where we need to, because we want to get this right.28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThere is a core team of Defra civil servants co-ordinating this but every policy area is involved, so it is impossible to say precisely how many full-time equivalents are being…28 Feb 2023