Marine Navigation (No. 2) Bill

I do acknowledge that; this clause is extremely important, and I know other hon. Members will spe...

My hon. Friend has explained well and succinctly the case for extending that jurisdiction. Does s...

My hon. Friend is right. The problem was identified in 2008 when the Department for Transport con...

I am grateful to my hon. and brave Friend for introducing the Bill, which in large part is not co...

I would be more than happy to meet the RYA, which I know has concerns about the general rules of ...

I am listening to my hon. Friend’s request and would like to put it on the record now that I am s...

I am grateful to the Minister. When the association holds its events, it can have designated area...

The hon. Member for South East Cornwall (Sheryll Murray) is right in her concluding remarks about...

Let me try to help the hon. Gentleman. His constituent is a prodigious and prolific writer, and h...

That is an extremely helpful statement to have on the record. However, I want to pursue the Minis...

I am obviously disappointed that the hon. Gentleman feels the need to have his guard up when I am...

And the specific port?

indicated assent.

That is very important. I would suggest to the hon. Member for South East Cornwall, who has moved...

I can confirm to the hon. Gentleman that about three different wordings for clause 2 have already...

That is extremely helpful.

The hon. Lady covered a number of other important points in movi...

I am not right honourable, and I do not represent the RYA, although I plan to talk about what it ...

If the hon. Gentleman is not right honourable, he ought to be. I accept his comments; I was jesti...

Perhaps I can help the hon. Gentleman. First, the obligation that is placed on harbour authoritie...

That is an extremely helpful intervention. I appreciate that the Minister, for understandable rea...

David certainly did do well on his own. The key point that I re-emphasise to the hon. Gentleman i...

Will the Minister give way?

Order. You cannot have an intervention on an intervention. I would wait until Andrew Miller is ba...

I was wondering where we were getting to with that point. I listened carefully to the Minister an...

I apologise for that, Madam Deputy Speaker. The hon. Gentleman will know that this clause does no...

The hon. Lady has put it succinctly and the Minister needs to consider the extent to which it is ...

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for South East Cornwall (Sheryll Murray) for introduci...

Does my hon. Friend agree that unlike airport capacity, with which we know we have a problem and ...

My hon. Friend makes his point extremely well. I know he has been very proud to witness the growt...

Can my hon. Friend give the House any practical examples where officers have not been able to use...

I have been told by the chief constables of both Dover and Tilbury police forces that on a number...

My hon. Friend gives a glowing account of port police. Does she think that our ports would not be...

The power of the port police, as opposed to any other supplier of security provision or support, ...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the Northern Ireland Assembly could introduce the same legislation...

I completely endorse that point. In many ways, over the years the port of Belfast police may have...

The House is grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock (Jackie Doyle-Price) for sharing ...

It is intended that before any competent harbour authority introduced harbour revision orders or ...

Order. I appreciate that the hon. Lady is providing lots of information, but she is making an int...

As directed, I am very grateful. My hon. Friend reminds me that the first woman named in the New ...

I will try to be as helpful to my hon. Friend as I was to the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and ...

We are making progress, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend.

I assure my hon. Friend the Me...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the measure in the Bill to allow Trinity House become more competi...

Yes, and were this a slightly different debate I would be paying tribute to Trinity House for wha...

May I offer my apologies, Madam Deputy Speaker, for wearing my “Malcolm Wicks Vote Labour” sticke...

We have had a fascinating 90-minute nautical exploration this morning. We were safely taken out o...

Indeed, and my hon. Friend will acknowledge that, with the Department’s approval, some revision o...

Just as I was standing in front of an open goal!

As I have said, harbour authorities will b...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend, and I am sure the House is as well. The RYA representatives may ...

I have listened carefully to what my hon. Friend has said, and I shall ensure that my officials a...

Many navigation authorities are on inland waterways, which may not be within the scope of the Bil...

I will indeed.

My hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock made an extraordinarily powerful spee...

I thank hon. Members for the support I have received today on Second Reading. I wish to mention t...