Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the role of zoos in regional economic development.
Zoos (Regional Economic Development)
Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 14 December 2011,
in the House of Commons,
led by Andrew Rosindell.
The answering
member was Mark Prisk.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
537 c273-95WH 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Nia Griffith | 537 c275WH (Link to this contribution)
Does the hon. Gentleman know what is being done to market our zoos and wildlife parks? I speak parti...
Andrew Rosindell | 537 c274-5WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention, which emphasises the point that I am making. Zoos ...
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Tony Cunningham | 537 c274WH (Link to this contribution)
Last summer, having spent all year based in London for most of the week, I decided to have a family ...
Andrew Rosindell | 537 c273-4WH (Link to this contribution)
Good morning, Mr Bone. As chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on zoos and aquariums, I am ...
Speaker | 537 c295WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank Members for their attendance and their self-restraint, which meant that nine Back-Bench Memb...
Mark Prisk | 537 c295WH (Link to this contribution)
I am in the last minute of my speech, so I hope that my hon. Friend will bear with me; I must respon...
Gordon Marsden | 537 c290-2WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a delight to serve under your chairmanship Mr Bone, and I warmly congratulate the hon. Member ...
Mark Prisk | 537 c292-5WH (Link to this contribution)
I add my congratulations to my hon. Friend the Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell) not only on sec...
Oliver Colvile | 537 c285-6WH (Link to this contribution)
I too congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell) on securing the debate.
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Stephen Mosley | 537 c286-7WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell) for giving me the opportunity to sp...
Simon Hart | 537 c287-9WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell) for giving us an opportunity to tal...
Mark Garnier | 537 c289-90WH (Link to this contribution)
I too congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell) not only on securing the...
Andrew Selous | 537 c283-4WH (Link to this contribution)
I shall be as brief as possible, given that many other colleagues want to speak in this important an...
Mike Crockart | 537 c281-3WH (Link to this contribution)
I welcome this debate and the opportunity to discuss the role that zoos play in our regional economi...
Andrew Selous | 537 c284-5WH (Link to this contribution)
One way would be an innovative membership scheme, with repeat visits at reduced prices, so that peop...
Nia Griffith | 537 c284WH (Link to this contribution)
Does the hon. Gentleman agree that there is a gap between when visitors come as children and when th...
Jim Shannon | 537 c281WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention and fully support what he is talking about. In Nor...
Jim Shannon | 537 c279-81WH (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the hon. Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell) on bringing the matter to the House. I...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 537 c281WH (Link to this contribution)
As my hon. Friend is issuing invitations to visit Northern Ireland, may I urge people, and urge him ...
David Tredinnick | 537 c277-9WH (Link to this contribution)
I am most grateful to you, Mr Bone, for allowing me to speak first after my hon. Friend the Member f...
Tony Cunningham | 537 c277WH (Link to this contribution)
We have spent a lot of time on zoos, but does the hon. Gentleman agree that people have exactly the ...
Andrew Rosindell | 537 c277WH (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman makes a valid point. I have mentioned aquariums; BIAZA, of course, covers both zo...
Andrew Rosindell | 537 c276-7WH (Link to this contribution)
I agree entirely. Zoos provide a wonderful opportunity for young people to learn about wildlife and ...
Gregory Campbell | 537 c276WH (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. Before he elaborates on the niche that zoo...
Speaker | 537 c277WH (Link to this contribution)
Order. It might be useful for Members to know that I intend to start the wind-up speeches at 10.40 a...
Andrew Rosindell | 537 c275-6WH (Link to this contribution)
I agree that not enough is being done. That is why I called this debate: to talk not about the welfa...
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