A Bill to transfer responsibility for marine licensing from the Marine Management Organisation to local authorities; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
2 November 2023
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The Marine Activities (Licensing) Bill would transfer the power to issue licences for marine activities from the Marine Management Organisation to local authorities. It covers related provisions needed to implement the transfer. In short, it would shift licensing decisions from a central government body to local councils.
The bill is at the very start of its journey in Parliament, having had its first reading in the Commons on 12 October 2022; no later stages are listed in the provided data.
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12 Oct 2022
The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
