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Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

My Lords, I apologise for interrupting. There is the question of UK legislation, but there is also the question of the growing amount of international law and treaties on this issue. In 1973—some 35 years ago—when the Kilbrandon commission report was produced, international law on the sea, on maritime conservation and on the exploitation of marine resources was far less developed than it is now. So it is not purely a matter of extending UK legislation; it its about Her Majesty’s Government being caught in the middle between signing up to international law and then apparently not ensuring that those international measures are implemented in substantial areas of the sea that come under British sovereignty.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
711 c74 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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