Marine Navigation (No. 2) Bill

I am delighted to be here this morning. This is the third time we have had to debate clause 2. On...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Poplar and Limehouse (Jim Fitzpatrick). I am a big...

I just wanted to draw to the hon. Gentleman’s attention, in case it was not mentioned by his hon....

I am very grateful for that, and I apologise for missing it. It was obviously my embarrassment th...

I do not know whether my hon. Friend has consulted the Pilotage Act 1987, which the Bill amends, ...

I understand my hon. Friend’s point, and I do not doubt her intention, but it seems to me that we...

I fear the situation is even worse than my hon. Friend suggests. Does he share my concern that be...

My hon. Friend is right, but I am sure, Mr Deputy Speaker, that you would not want me to get side...

I have good news for my hon. Friend on this point. The Government intend to move from one in, one...

I take on board the Minister’s point. [Interruption.] My hon. Friend the Member for Croydon South...

The key point is safety, not questions of one regulation in, one out. The point is whether the re...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. He puts the case far better than I cou...

I thank the Minister for his co-operation in facilitating the availability of his officials since...

Extensively.

He has also written to the Prime Minister, extensively. Mr Youde refers to an incident which, coi...

Does the hon. Gentleman acknowledge that the master of the Union Moon had 123 micrograms of alcoh...

I am reading from the synopsis of the report, which makes it clear, according to my constituent, ...

We have had a wide-ranging debate on clause 2 and on the amendments, to which the hon. Member for...

In the STCW regulations, there is a reference to “management level”, but there is also a referenc...

The term “deck officer” does not exist there, but it does exist. I ask the hon. Gentleman to refl...

I have listened carefully to the Minister’s response on our amendments. As I outlined in my openi...

I beg to move amendment 8, page 3, line 27, leave out clause 5.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Amendment 9, page 3, line 34, in ...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for South East Cornwall (Sheryll Murray) on promoting th...

Just to reinforce the hon. Gentleman’s point, I do not anticipate that the question of pilotage i...

I could go on at great length, but I will spare the House. Trying to create good will while being...

I tried, on Second Reading and in Committee, to be as helpful as possible as early as possible so...

I am sure that what the Minister said will be helpful. The question of whether it is sufficiently...

I am sure there is no criticism of the Chair.

I do not propose to speak to the amendments on the other clauses, as a way of bowing with respect...

Will my hon. Friend name any specific prosecutions brought in relation to the 30% of harbour auth...

I shall think out loud, rather than direct my comments directly to my hon. Friend. If we have thr...

rose—

The Bill has to clear in about 60 minutes, so let us pretend that this exchange has concluded the...

Will my hon. Friend just accept that there has not been one prosecution to date?

I am prepared to accept anything that my hon. Friend says; I just wish she would do the same with...

If, as my hon. Friend the Member for South East Cornwall (Sheryll Murray), who is promoting the B...

Or perhaps just deleting new section 40C—the enforcement element—would suffice. Nevertheless, my ...

I start by declaring my interests. I have been a recreational yachtsman all my life, starting fro...

Has my hon. Friend not heard of battery-operated and rechargeable VHF radios? Will he assure me t...

I have to say to my hon. Friend that I suspect that the vast majority of boat movements around th...

I should like to give the House an anecdote. When our daughter, then aged 11, sailed an Optimist ...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for confirming that point.

Another scenario could involve a...

I shall move slowly in the direction of the Dispatch Box.

It was somewhat frustrating that ...

I hope that that is right, but, as we have only 45 minutes left, it would be of great assistance ...

There has been.

I was not present during the discussions, but those who were have told me that there has not been...

I said on Second Reading and in Committee that the Department would issue guidelines on the compe...

I am grateful to the Minister, but he has yet to explain why local authorities, Transport for Lon...

I did not plan to speak today, and I certainly do not want to take up much time, because I want t...

Thank you for that reminder, Mr Deputy Speaker. I was overcome by passion for my argument. [Inter...

My hon. Friend says that there would be accountability to the local community under these measure...

There are various ways in which people can be accountable. My hon. Friend is trying to compartmen...

I will be very brief, as I know time is running out, but I want to assure those Members who are c...

This has been a passionate debate and I recognise the concerns raised by my hon. Friends the Memb...

We are grateful to the promoter and the Minister for speaking clearly and relatively briefly, whi...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

Enough discussion has taken place....

In anticipation of the hon. Member for Poplar and Limehouse (Jim Fitzpatrick), and after our hon....

The hon. Member for Worthing West (Sir Peter Bottomley) is very generous with his description. I ...

I congratulate the hon. Member for South East Cornwall on bringing forward an immensely complicat...

I will not detain the House too long. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for South East Cornwall (...

It is a great pleasure to bring to a close today’s debate on this welcome Bill, as we acknowledge...