Committees

Governing the marine environment

Inquiry

The Environmental Audit Committee is undertaking an inquiry on governing the marine environment, which will focus on the UK's environmental obligations under marine treaties and how the UK is delivering on them, as well as the Government's strategy for marine planning and protection in its domestic waters.

Read the call for evidence for more information about this inquiry, and to find out how to submit written evidence through the Committee's online evidence submission portal.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Friday 17 January 2025.

Upcoming events

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Past events

Wednesday 2 April 2025
2:30pm Private
3:00pm Public
Governing the marine environment - Oral evidence 2 April 2025
3:00pm
  • Michelle Willis (CEO at Marine Management Organisation)
  • Olivia Thomas (Head of Planning and Technical at The Crown Estate)
  • Ronan O’Hara (Chief Executive at Crown Estate Scotland)
4:00pm
  • Emma Hardy MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Water and Flooding) at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
  • The Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Minister of State (International Development, Latin America and Caribbean) at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
  • Mike Rowe (Director for Marine and Fisheries at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Helen Mulvein OBE (Deputy Director for Ocean Policy, and Legal Counsellor at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 5 March 2025
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Governing the marine environment - Oral evidence 5 March 2025
2:30pm
  • Mike Cohen (CEO at National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO))
  • Jacques Villemot (Marine Rewilding Lead at Rewilding Britain)
  • Benj Sykes (Vice President and UK Country Manager at Ørsted)
3:30pm
  • Andrew Bell (Director at UNESCO Biosphere, North Devon)
  • Mark Russell (Executive Director at British Marine Aggregate Producers Association)
  • Mark Simmonds (Director of Policy at The British Ports Association)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 29 January 2025
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Governing the marine environment - Oral evidence 29 January 2025
2:30pm
  • Dr Gemma Harper OBE (Chief Executive at Joint Nature Conservation Committee)
  • Jennifer Godwin (Chief Executive Officer at Seabed User and Developer Group)
  • Gareth Cunningham (Director of Conservation and Policy at Marine Conservation Society)
3:30pm
  • Professor Melanie Austen (Professor of Ocean and Society at University of Plymouth)
  • Professor Heather Koldewey (Lead, Bertarelli Foundation’s Marine Science Programme at Zoological Society of London)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 8 January 2025
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Governing the marine environment - Oral evidence 8 January 2025
2:30pm
  • Dr Michaela Schratzberger (Science Director (Environment) at Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS))
  • David Tomaney (Chief Data Officer at UK Hydrographic Office)
  • Alan Evans (Head of Marine Policy at National Oceanography Centre)
3:30pm
  • Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice (Chair of Public International Law at Queen Mary University of London)
  • Professor Philippa Webb (Professor of Public International Law at University of Oxford)
  • Professor Richard Barnes (Professor of International Law at University of Lincoln)
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

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