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Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

493 c1-22WH

Session

2008-09

Department

Department for Transport

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Andrew Turner | 493 c3WH (Link to this contribution) I do not have those figures, but we are always as a consequence pressing for dues to decrease rather...

Jim Fitzpatrick | 493 c3-4WH (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Member for Worthing, West (Peter Bottomley) indicated, the costs of lighthouse services ...

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Andrew Turner | 493 c4WH (Link to this contribution) I understand that.

Jim Fitzpatrick | 493 c3WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman concede that the damage to our international reputation would be incalculabl...

Andrew Turner | 493 c3WH (Link to this contribution) That need not happen if the conduct of the process is more reasonable. The Minister is pressing in t...

Peter Bottomley | 493 c4WH (Link to this contribution) Just because I am a great believer in plain English, does rationalisation mean amalgamation? If it d...

Andrew Turner | 493 c4WH (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to you, Mr. Olner. This is the point: the shipping industry put its faith in the...

Speaker | 493 c4WH (Link to this contribution) Order. Let the hon. Gentleman speak.

Julian Brazier | 493 c4WH (Link to this contribution) The statistics mentioned are of course true, but we must remember that other transport bodies have b...

Andrew Turner | 493 c4WH (Link to this contribution) That could be a consequence. Whether the authorities are rationalised, improved or abolished, the po...

Brian Iddon | 493 c4WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has been negative rather than positive in that he has not given his views on how ...

Andrew Turner | 493 c4-5WH (Link to this contribution) I approve of what is happening on transparency—we are at least doing things openly—but I do not answ...

Louise Ellman | 493 c5WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Isle of Wight (Mr. Turner) has done well to secure this debate and to highlight ...

Peter Bottomley | 493 c5WH (Link to this contribution) I am glad that neither the hon. Lady nor my hon. Friend suggested that yachtsmen should have to star...

Louise Ellman | 493 c5-6WH (Link to this contribution) I note the hon. Gentleman's important points. Last year, the Select Committee on Transport consider...

Alistair Carmichael | 493 c6WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Member for Isle of Wight (Mr. Turner) for securing the debate and congratu...

Alistair Carmichael | 493 c6-8WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has anticipated a great deal of what I will say. I am minded to sound a note of c...

Mark Field | 493 c6WH (Link to this contribution) I do not suggest that our system is perfect. It has clearly agitated people in the industry for well...

Jim Fitzpatrick | 493 c9WH (Link to this contribution) I completely disagree with the hon. Gentleman's assertion that fishing vessels do not use the servic...

Bob Spink | 493 c8-9WH (Link to this contribution) I warmly congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight (Mr. Turner) on securing the debat...

John Leech | 493 c12-4WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I agree that the issue needs to be considered in the co...

Alistair Carmichael | 493 c12WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to say that the Government must make an early and hard-headed assessment of ...

John Leech | 493 c11-2WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr. Olner. I congratulate the hon. Member for Isle of Wig...

Brian Iddon | 493 c11WH (Link to this contribution) I accept the hon. Gentleman's point. There has to be a balance, and we must weigh all the factors. M...

Julian Brazier | 493 c11WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a powerful point. Will he accept the counterpoint, which is that in an era ...

Brian Iddon | 493 c9-11WH (Link to this contribution) I came to listen, Mr. Olner, but I have to indulge, I am afraid. I have had a great interest in mari...

Bob Spink | 493 c9WH (Link to this contribution) No, I was not aware of that. I am grateful to the Minister for that briefing, and to the Minister wi...

Julian Brazier | 493 c16-7WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman puts a perfectly reasonable question, but I tried to make it clear in the early p...

Julian Brazier | 493 c14-6WH (Link to this contribution) This has been a very interesting and thorough debate, with good points made in all parts of the Cham...

Alistair Carmichael | 493 c16WH (Link to this contribution) If, when the hon. Gentleman concludes, the Minister stands up and says, "Okay, these increases won't...

Speaker | 493 c22WH (Link to this contribution) May I say that I found that discussion absolutely enthralling, given that I do not have a lightship ...

Jim Fitzpatrick | 493 c21-2WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. I understand that there are three reasons for that. The first...

Julian Brazier | 493 c19WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for characteristically giving way. I wish to make two quick points. Fi...

Jim Fitzpatrick | 493 c17-9WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to see you presiding this morning, Mr. Olner, as other hon. Members have mentioned....

Julian Brazier | 493 c21WH (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to the Minister for giving way a second time. It is indeed true that his Departme...

Jim Fitzpatrick | 493 c19-21WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a very reasonable point. I have asked the simplistic question: can we turn ...

Bob Spink | 493 c2WH (Link to this contribution) Although it may be a small element for merchant vessels, which deal in very big commercial transacti...

Andrew Turner | 493 c2-3WH (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman said, the UK fishing fleet has to pay those dues. I should like to draw the ma...

Mark Field | 493 c2WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has gone back in history and made an interesting analysis of the issue. There are a l...

Andrew Turner | 493 c2WH (Link to this contribution) It is a relatively small element, but it is important in its effect.

Peter Bottomley | 493 c3WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making some valuable points, some of which the Department for Transport could make...

Andrew Turner | 493 c1-2WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to be here, and to be able to bring to the attention of the House the urgent ...

Subjects

Fees and charges

Fisheries

Ports

Light dues

Lighthouses

Safety

Shipping

Seas and oceans

Trade competitiveness

General Lighthouse Authorities

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