Schedule 1
Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords]
1:45 pm
Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton, Labour)
Mentioning Tyneside is a bit like a red rag to a bull. The Minister knows that following the bids to host the MMO, there was huge disappointment in Plymouth and also in Cornwall. On Second Reading, I mentioned the possibility, which I have been discussing with the Minister, of an MMO satellite based on the current office of the Marine and Fisheries Agency in Plymouth. There are other such hubs around the country. Now that the chairman of the MMO has been appointed, is the Minister able to give serious consideration to such a proposal, as part—and it will only be part—of making this meaningful to coastal communities?