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Home > Our Work > Protect Our Waves All-Party Parliamentary Group

Protect Our Waves All-Party Parliamentary Group

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The Protect Our Waves All-Party Parliamentary Group (POW APPG) was set up in 2014 in the Palace of Westminster. We brought together twenty-three MPs representing the majority of the UK’s key coastal communities, to address the most urgent environmental issues highlighted by the Protect Our Waves (POW) petition – marine litter, water quality and coastal development.

The first ever All-Party Parliamentary Group to specifically focus on marine conservation and was the result of over 55,000 surfers, environmentalists and recreational water users signing the Protect Our Waves petition – the biggest ever enviro-surf petition! This is our platform to discuss urgent environmental threats and campaigns directly with politicians, business leaders, environmental experts and civil servants.

The group has already had many positive outcomes and continues to grow. In 2016 the group met to discuss water quality and ocean plastics. In 2017 the group  continued the debate on ocean plastics and focusing on solutions to tackle throwaway plastic bottles and improving our understanding of marine conservation.

Current Protect Our Waves All-Party Parliamentary Group Members

Officers:

Chair Person Steve Double MP Newquay and St Austell
Vice-chair Geraint Davies MP Swansea West
Treasurer Kerry McCarthy MP Bristol East
Secretary Gary Streeter MP South West Devon

Members:

Alistair Carmichael Orkney and Shetland
Carloine Nokes Romsey and Southampton North
Caroline Dinenage Gosport
Caroline Lucas Brighton
Craig Mackinlay South Thanet
Derek Thomas St Ives
Gary Streeter South West Devon
George Eustice Redruth and Camborne
Geraint Davies Swansea West
Jeremy Lefroy Stafford
Jonathan Reynolds Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley, Longdendale and Dunkinfield
Kerry McCarthy Bristol East
Kevin Barron Rother Valley
Martyn Day Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Michael Ellis Northampton North
Rebecca Pow Taunton Deane
Richard Benyon Newbury
Roger Godsiff Birmingham Hall Green
Ruth Cadbury Brentford and Isleworth
Sarah Newton Truro and Falmouth
Scott Mann North Cornwall
Sir Peter Bottomley Worthing West
Steve Double Newquay and St Austell
Teresa Pearce Erith and Tamesmead
Tobias Ellwood Bournemouth East
Zac Goldsmith Richmond Park

 

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