Coastguard Station Closures

EDM number 466 in 1997-98, proposed by James Wallace on 17/11/1997.

That this House condemns the announcement by the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions that there is to be a further reduction in the number of coastguard stations around the United Kingdom's shores, including the closure of the Pentland and Oban stations; believes that such a decision is wrong and shortsighted inasmuch as it will lead to the withdrawal of skilled coastguard offices with local knowledge and experience from coastal areas noted for exceptional tidal conditions; and calls on the Coastguard Agency and the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions to reconsider this decision in the interests of public safety and the safety of hundreds of miles of environmentally sensitive coastline.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.