Misha Patel
@mishadpatel.bsky.social
Engineer | Committee Specialist | PhD in Tidal Energy @oxengsci
Another great episode of the Committee Corridor podcast 🎧- this time on oceans 🌊
Is the UK doing enough to protect the oceans?
Fiona Thomas from @mcsuk.bsky.social joins @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social on Committee Corridor to discuss the High Seas Treaty & how the UK can maintain momentum after the UN Ocean Conference.
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Fiona Thomas from @mcsuk.bsky.social joins @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social on Committee Corridor to discuss the High Seas Treaty & how the UK can maintain momentum after the UN Ocean Conference.
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July 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Another great episode of the Committee Corridor podcast 🎧- this time on oceans 🌊
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The Environmental Audit Committee has published their report: Governing the marine environment. The Committee is calling on the Government to ban damaging activities in offshore protected areas that threaten marine ecosystems.
Read the full report: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
Read the full report: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
June 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The Environmental Audit Committee has published their report: Governing the marine environment. The Committee is calling on the Government to ban damaging activities in offshore protected areas that threaten marine ecosystems.
Read the full report: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
Read the full report: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
EAC has launched an inquiry on PFAS (forever chemicals)! The written evidence portal is now open so do write in about how these chemicals are used, monitored and regulated (see the terms of reference for the full scope of the inquiry) 🧪
We've launched an inquiry into addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
April 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
EAC has launched an inquiry on PFAS (forever chemicals)! The written evidence portal is now open so do write in about how these chemicals are used, monitored and regulated (see the terms of reference for the full scope of the inquiry) 🧪
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Last week, we hosted sixth form and college students in parliament to give their views on balancing the housing, nature and climate crises.
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
April 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Last week, we hosted sixth form and college students in parliament to give their views on balancing the housing, nature and climate crises.
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
Yesterday Baroness Chapman, Minister of State at the FCDO, spoke about the agreement that's been made with the Mauritian Government to lead on establishing a new Marine Protected Area to protect the seas and marine life surrounding the archipelago.
April 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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This afternoon at 3pm is our final session of the governing the marine environment inquiry. We'll be joined by Emma Hardy MP, Minister for Water and Flooding at Defra and Baroness Chapman from the FCDO to discuss marine protection.
April 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This afternoon at 3pm is our final session of the governing the marine environment inquiry. We'll be joined by Emma Hardy MP, Minister for Water and Flooding at Defra and Baroness Chapman from the FCDO to discuss marine protection.
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We visited the National Oceanography Centre as part of our inquiry into governing the marine environment, hearing from experts about how the Government can deliver on marine planning and protection👇
March 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We visited the National Oceanography Centre as part of our inquiry into governing the marine environment, hearing from experts about how the Government can deliver on marine planning and protection👇
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We've published a response from Defra Minister Emma Hardy to our Chair @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social's letter about Government proposals for Marine Protected Areas and offshore wind.
Read it here: committees.parliament.uk/publications...
Read it here: committees.parliament.uk/publications...
March 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We've published a response from Defra Minister Emma Hardy to our Chair @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social's letter about Government proposals for Marine Protected Areas and offshore wind.
Read it here: committees.parliament.uk/publications...
Read it here: committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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Tomorrow, we're exploring how we can protect ocean life whilst also supporting the marine industry in our domestic waters.
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/event/23528/...
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/event/23528/...
March 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Tomorrow, we're exploring how we can protect ocean life whilst also supporting the marine industry in our domestic waters.
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/event/23528/...
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/event/23528/...
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“Ice sheets melting, severe weather events, worsening pollution – we need to wake up to the harsh realities of manmade climate change."
Our Chair @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social reacts to the Climate Change Committee's Seventh Carbon Budget 👇
committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
Our Chair @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social reacts to the Climate Change Committee's Seventh Carbon Budget 👇
committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
Comment: The Seventh Carbon Budget - Committees - UK Parliament
Reacting to the Climate Change Committee’s report on meeting the Seventh Carbon Budget, Environmental Audit Committee Chair, Toby Perkins MP, said:
committees.parliament.uk
February 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
“Ice sheets melting, severe weather events, worsening pollution – we need to wake up to the harsh realities of manmade climate change."
Our Chair @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social reacts to the Climate Change Committee's Seventh Carbon Budget 👇
committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
Our Chair @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social reacts to the Climate Change Committee's Seventh Carbon Budget 👇
committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
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As #COP16 resumes in Rome today, here's Minster @marycreagh.bsky.social speaking to us in December about how the Government hopes to mobilise funding for nature and agree how progress is monitored 👇
February 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
As #COP16 resumes in Rome today, here's Minster @marycreagh.bsky.social speaking to us in December about how the Government hopes to mobilise funding for nature and agree how progress is monitored 👇
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“[Biodiversity net gain] needs the whole mitigation hierarchy to be implemented through the planning system."
Listen to Ben Kite, Chair of the Strategic Policy Panel, in our session last week 👇
Listen to Ben Kite, Chair of the Strategic Policy Panel, in our session last week 👇
February 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
“[Biodiversity net gain] needs the whole mitigation hierarchy to be implemented through the planning system."
Listen to Ben Kite, Chair of the Strategic Policy Panel, in our session last week 👇
Listen to Ben Kite, Chair of the Strategic Policy Panel, in our session last week 👇
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Are MPAs threatened by Government plans to ramp up infrastructure building?
We’ve written to the Defra Secretary of State, Steve Reed, about Government proposals for Marine Protected Areas and offshore wind.
Read it here: committees.parliament.uk/publications...
We’ve written to the Defra Secretary of State, Steve Reed, about Government proposals for Marine Protected Areas and offshore wind.
Read it here: committees.parliament.uk/publications...
February 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Are MPAs threatened by Government plans to ramp up infrastructure building?
We’ve written to the Defra Secretary of State, Steve Reed, about Government proposals for Marine Protected Areas and offshore wind.
Read it here: committees.parliament.uk/publications...
We’ve written to the Defra Secretary of State, Steve Reed, about Government proposals for Marine Protected Areas and offshore wind.
Read it here: committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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With limited numbers of ecologists at local authorities, what steps can be taken to encourage people into the career?
Dr Iain Boulton from Association of Local Government Ecologists explains 👇
Dr Iain Boulton from Association of Local Government Ecologists explains 👇
February 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
With limited numbers of ecologists at local authorities, what steps can be taken to encourage people into the career?
Dr Iain Boulton from Association of Local Government Ecologists explains 👇
Dr Iain Boulton from Association of Local Government Ecologists explains 👇
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Watch Professor Heather Koldewey explain that nature can recover, and how protected areas can boost the resilience of marine biodiversity 👇
January 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Watch Professor Heather Koldewey explain that nature can recover, and how protected areas can boost the resilience of marine biodiversity 👇