New Clause 8 — MCZs: duty to manage and mitigate impacts upon existing activities

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 8:45 pm on 26 October 2009.

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Photo of Austin Mitchell Austin Mitchell Labour, Great Grimsby 8:45, 26 October 2009

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his moving tribute to me, but, as far as I know, we are talking about white herring, not white rhino. It is not true that the fishing industry is opposed to conservation measures; it supports them, but it wants its position to be made clear within them. As my hon. Friend is such a passionate supporter of marine conservation zones, will he tell us whether he wants them to become no-fishing zones?