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Coastguard Modernisation

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Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

536 c161-77 

Session

2010-12

Department

Department for Transport

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Related items

Deposited Paper DEP2011-1859
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Deposited papers
House of Commons

Coastguard Modernisation
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Written statements
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Mike Penning | 536 c168 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend knows that I have listened very carefully to the consultation, and to delegations fro...

Iain McKenzie | 536 c170 (Link to this contribution) It will come as no surprise to the Minister that, as the Member for Inverclyde, where the Clyde coas...

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Mike Penning | 536 c177 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will be aware that the Bangor co-ordination centre already covers ...

Jim Shannon | 536 c176 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his statement and associate myself with the kind comments of the hon. Membe...

Mike Penning | 536 c176 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises an important point. I think that he would accept that there is a structural di...

Mike Penning | 536 c175-6 (Link to this contribution) Rather than just using the radio, the new centre has unbelievable communication. The state-of-the-ar...

Mike Penning | 536 c176 (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Gentleman's disappointment. I went to Swansea and, after the driver drove thro...

Martin Vickers | 536 c176 (Link to this contribution) The Minister specifically mentioned the importance of the links between the gas and oil sectors in A...

Mike Penning | 536 c175 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that my hon. Friend is aware that these days in a co-ordination centre binoculars are not ...

Mike Penning | 536 c175 (Link to this contribution) I have been working with the Public and Commercial Services union since day one when I became the Mi...

Julian Huppert | 536 c175 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the use of the vacant fire control centre at Fareham. It gives us a chance to recoup some ...

Mike Penning | 536 c166 (Link to this contribution) I respect the right hon. Gentleman's views, but we took this action because the original proposals w...

Mike Penning | 536 c168 (Link to this contribution) The Aberdeen station is not fully manned as a MOC today. It is a co-ordination centre. Under the pre...

Paul Maynard | 536 c167 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his statement, and pay tribute to the great personal effort that I know he ...

Angus Robertson | 536 c167 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for letting me see his statement in advance, and for the communication in which...

Mike Penning | 536 c167 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that important question. When possible we need to retain the experience t...

Caroline Dinenage | 536 c167 (Link to this contribution) My constituents will be very disappointed that the new maritime operations centre will not be based ...

Nia Griffith | 536 c169 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister tell us exactly how much money he will be saving by closing Swansea coastguard sta...

Mike Penning | 536 c169 (Link to this contribution) As I said in my statement, there is almost no difference in the cost savings—the cost is in staff. M...

Richard Drax | 536 c169 (Link to this contribution) I know that the Minister will appreciate, because we have sent many submissions to him that Portland...

Mike Penning | 536 c169 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for reiterating the importance to his constituents of Portland. However, I am...

Mike Penning | 536 c168-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Lady for her kind comments. It appears that I was, with my proposals, the only poli...

Lady Hermon | 536 c168 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome the confirmation in today's statement that Northern Ireland's only coastguard centr...

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 536 c169 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend understand the degree of disappointment that there will be in my constituency th...

Sarah Newton | 536 c171-2 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome the reassurance that the Minister gave to my hon. Friend the Member for South Ea...

Mike Penning | 536 c171 (Link to this contribution) On the first of the two substantive points that the hon. Gentleman raises, the Department and the Se...

Martin Caton | 536 c171 (Link to this contribution) Surely, the most perverse aspect of today's statement is the proposed closure of Swansea. What justi...

Mike Penning | 536 c171 (Link to this contribution) There is acceptance that the quality of Her Majesty's coastguard is world-renowned. I was at the Int...

Mike Penning | 536 c170 (Link to this contribution) On the hon. Gentleman's second point, the consultation was quite specific about whether we should ha...

Julian Brazier | 536 c170 (Link to this contribution) May I congratulate my hon. Friend on producing a well-balanced package under difficult circumstances...

Mike Penning | 536 c172 (Link to this contribution) A shocking thing that I found when I took over this job and visited co-ordination centres around the...

Baroness Clark of Kilwinning | 536 c172 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister clarify the position of the Clyde station given that the lease of the premises is ...

Anne Main | 536 c172 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased that the Minister anticipates the operations centre at Fareham coming on line quickly. ...

Mike Penning | 536 c172-3 (Link to this contribution) I am very aware of the unique geographical situation and size of Northern Ireland's inland waterways...

Andrew Miller | 536 c174 (Link to this contribution) Pursuant to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for St Helens North (Mr Watts), and given th...

Mike Penning | 536 c174 (Link to this contribution) As an ex-firefighter, I would never in a million years propose something that I did not feel would h...

Mike Penning | 536 c173-4 (Link to this contribution) That is one of the key aspects that we examined to see where resilience would come from. As we looke...

Sheryll Murray | 536 c165-6 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister told this House on 30 March:"““We want to make changes only if they improve coast...

Mike Penning | 536 c166 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for her important question. One point in having Fareham open so early is that...

Gemma Doyle | 536 c166 (Link to this contribution) The Minister's proposals mean a cut in staffing levels covering the Clyde area of 56% in comparison ...

Mike Penning | 536 c166 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry if I misled the hon. Lady, but Clyde will close as a co-ordination centre. It is already ...

Charles Kennedy | 536 c166 (Link to this contribution) Whilst welcoming the sensible concessions made, not least with regard to the west coast, the Minches...

Louise Ellman | 536 c166 (Link to this contribution) I recognise that significant changes have been made since the Government's original proposals, but w...

Mike Penning | 536 c161-4 (Link to this contribution) With your permission, Mr Speaker, I should like to make a statement on the Government's final decisi...

Mike Penning | 536 c165 (Link to this contribution) I thank my friend for his comments: we agree on most things, but occasionally disagree; perhaps we w...

Jim Fitzpatrick | 536 c164-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for an advance copy of his statement. I would expect no less a courtesy from a ...

Bernard Jenkin | 536 c168 (Link to this contribution) May I thank my hon. Friend for this difficult statement and for the sensitive way in which he has ap...

Mike Penning | 536 c167 (Link to this contribution) The closures are planned for March 2015, so there will be no cliff edge. I repeat that, having studi...

Frank Doran | 536 c167-8 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Minister's recognition of the unique position of the Aberdeen station and its links wi...

Mike Penning | 536 c167 (Link to this contribution) No.

Mike Penning | 536 c166-7 (Link to this contribution) I fully respect the Chairman of the Select Committee on Transport, whose report helped me to decide ...

Bill Esterson | 536 c169-70 (Link to this contribution) I remind the Minister that the two issues that will anger people about the decision on Crosby are th...

Mike Penning | 536 c169 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to my right hon. and learned Friend if I have not been able to make the announcement tha...

Mike Penning | 536 c170-1 (Link to this contribution) I know that it is difficult, but hon. Members should be careful about the emotive language that they...

Adrian Sanders | 536 c171 (Link to this contribution) There will be great disappointment across south Devon at the announcement of the closure of the Brix...

Mike Penning | 536 c170 (Link to this contribution) Some of what my hon. Friend has just asked for is above my pay grade and even comes under a complete...

Mike Penning | 536 c173 (Link to this contribution) I fully understand my hon. Friend's concerns. If I went down that avenue, I would open up a Pandora'...

Peter Aldous | 536 c173 (Link to this contribution) I commend the Minister for the comprehensive and sympathetic way in which he has gone about his furt...

Speaker | 536 c173 (Link to this contribution) We are always interested to hear of the Minister's holiday arrangements, as well as his fear of the ...

Mike Penning | 536 c172 (Link to this contribution) It will not be the case that there will be little cover on the Clyde because that station is paired ...

Mike Penning | 536 c172 (Link to this contribution) We already have the keys to the operations centre in Fareham and we have been showing staff around. ...

Mark Durkan | 536 c172 (Link to this contribution) May I associate myself with the comments of the hon. Member for North Down (Lady Hermon) complimenti...

Mike Penning | 536 c174 (Link to this contribution) The Scotland Office was fully informed of the proposal. I phoned the Minister yesterday to tell him,...

Russell Brown | 536 c174 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Minister will recognise the bitter disappointment of those in my locality who cam...

Brandon Lewis | 536 c174 (Link to this contribution) Although there will be huge disappointment in Great Yarmouth at the loss of our coastguard station, ...

Mike Penning | 536 c174 (Link to this contribution) One of the great things about having the RNLI is that it is a brand known worldwide and a fantastic ...

Iain Stewart | 536 c173 (Link to this contribution) Although my Milton Keynes South constituency is probably as far from any part of the UK coastline as...

Lord Watts | 536 c173 (Link to this contribution) The Minister assured the House that there would be some Liverpool-based facility. Will he clarify wh...

Mike Penning | 536 c173 (Link to this contribution) The rescue facilities in the Liverpool area will be enhanced. We will utilise the buildings that we ...

Geraint Davies | 536 c176 (Link to this contribution) The Minister in his statement when considering the pros and cons of Milford Haven and Swansea said t...

Albert Owen | 536 c175 (Link to this contribution) May I join the Minister and the shadow Minister in paying tribute to the search and rescue family, i...

Bob Stewart | 536 c175 (Link to this contribution) Each year, the coastal waters have more and more incidents. Will my hon. Friend assure me that the s...

Subjects

Closures Cooperation Finance Location Rescue services Reorganisation

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