Speeches by Hinchliff.

“You spoke about lack of knowledge from enforcement officers, so there is a training issue there as well?”

“Brilliant, thank you. What more could the Government do, following on from that, to improve the recruitment and retention of ecologists and environmental experts in local government?”

“It would be really welcome if you could write to the Committee setting out some of those community-led examples. To move on to specifics around management, thinking about the different industries that use the marine environment and marine resources, how effective do you feel the current cross-sector approaches to manag…”

“There are many legitimate and competing demands on the marine environment that are only likely to increase. Given some of your comments so far, I cannot resist asking, in the context of the current high-profile debate around growth, what your thoughts are on whether year-on-year increases in the exploitation of marine …”

“Thank you; that is very clear. The MPA network covers 69% of Wales’s inshore waters. That sits at 51% for England and 22% in Scotland. Would you say that the commitments across the four nations are assigned in a fair and equitable way?”

“There are many legitimate and competing demands on the marine environment that are only likely to increase. Given some of your comments so far, I cannot resist asking, in the context of the current high-profile debate around growth, what your thoughts are on whether year-on-year increases in the exploitation of marine …”

“Dr Harper, can you tell us a bit about how the UK Government work with devolved nations to deliver commitments such as 30by30 in the marine space?”

“Thank you very much. I can see some nodding on either side of you there. This is slightly broader now, and I welcome contributions from anyone, but would you say that the approach across the four nations is integrated and aligned? Is there any room for improvement in the collaboration, and are there any opportunities f…”

“Before I move on, can I pin you down? It sounded like you were making a recommendation for a joined-up approach on species and shared ecosystems that could be improved.”

“Would you write to the Committee to set out the areas where these policies have not been written yet?”

“That sounds like a very good recommendation as well.”

“It would be really welcome if you could write to the Committee setting out some of those community-led examples. To move on to specifics around management, thinking about the different industries that use the marine environment and marine resources, how effective do you feel the current cross-sector approaches to manag…”

“Professor Koldewey, I welcome your comments on that, but specifically given some of the comments just made about communities, management of environmentally protected areas can often conflict with commercial activities on which local communities rely. Are there any particularly effective methods that you would like to m…”

“Thank you very much. You have quite strongly pre-empted my next question, and possibly covered it to some extent, really. It was all about how the Government can ensure that all industries that use marine resources are environmentally sustainable in the long term and how they can work together to come to that sustainab…”

“I have a final question to pursue that a little further, because we have talked at a quite broad, high level there. Do you have any specific recommendations for how the Government can integrate that community-led approach with our current policy setting for managing the marine environment space?”

“Dr Harper, can you tell us a bit about how the UK Government work with devolved nations to deliver commitments such as 30by30 in the marine space?”

“Thank you very much. I can see some nodding on either side of you there. This is slightly broader now, and I welcome contributions from anyone, but would you say that the approach across the four nations is integrated and aligned? Is there any room for improvement in the collaboration, and are there any opportunities f…”

“Before I move on, can I pin you down? It sounded like you were making a recommendation for a joined-up approach on species and shared ecosystems that could be improved.”

“Would you write to the Committee to set out the areas where these policies have not been written yet?”

“That sounds like a very good recommendation as well.”