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
This Bill would move the power to issue marine licences from the Marine Management Organisation to local authorities. It aims to decentralise control of certain marine activities and includes related provisions to support the transfer. The details are at an early stage, as the Bill has just been introduced at first reading in the Commons.
The Bill is in its first reading in the House of Commons, having just been introduced and not yet debated in detail or moved to committee stage.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.