Extract from Lords motion on the Fisheries: EU Landing Obligation (European Union Committee Report) - Jan 23
Friday, 24 January 2020 08:15
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs and Department for International Development (Lord
Goldsmith of Richmond Park) (Con) (Maiden Speech):...The subject of
this debate concerns the seas, broadly, so they will be my focus.
As custodians of the fifth-largest marine estate globally, it is a
source of immense pride that we are on track, through our
magnificent Blue Belt programme, to protect an ocean area of some 4
million square kilometres around our Overseas...Request free trial
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs and Department for International Development () (Con)
(Maiden Speech):...The subject of this debate concerns the seas,
broadly, so they will be my focus. As custodians of the
fifth-largest marine estate globally, it is a source of immense
pride that we are on track, through our magnificent Blue Belt
programme, to protect an ocean area of some 4 million square
kilometres around our Overseas Territories—an area roughly the size
of India. Our overseas territories incidentally, harbour
around 90% of all our biodiversity. This is the reason why our
Prime Minister has said repeatedly that two-thirds of the world’s
penguins are British. I am not going to argue with the figure; I
have used it myself from time to time. What better reference can
there be?
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