Chris Huhne
Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh
MARINE BILL DROPPED AGAIN – HUHNE
Responding to reports that the Marine Bill has been dropped from tomorrow’s Queen’s Speech despite years of delays already, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Chris Huhne MP said:
“Dropping the Marine Bill is a blow to coastal areas and our marine environment, which is ill-protected and anarchically managed.
“The current laws are utterly inadequate to protect and enhance our coastal zones and territorial waters.
“We urgently need of more Marine Nature Reserves. Yet perversely, the Government seems especially keen to drop this proposal.
“Without any sort of framework in which to resolve conflicting issues of coastal zone management, further environmental degradation is very likely.”