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Westminster Hall

1 July 2026

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The Chair opens the Westminster Hall debate as Carmichael moves the motion on Coastguard Rescue Officer remuneration, followed by coastal MPs detailing operational roles, local impacts, recruitment and safety risks from the proposed post‑judgment payment changes and criticising MCA engagement.

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Coastguard volunteers — opening and constituency evidence

15:25

Opening and motion on coastguard volunteers

15:25

Opening of debate and motion on coastguard volunteers

15:25

Chair opens Westminster Hall debate

15:25

Carmichael — motion and legal context

15:30

Carmichael — community role, remuneration model and MCA culture

16:46

Historical rescue example and community duty

16:46

Carmichael — CRO pride, finances and MCA scheme

19:28

Q — Joe Robertson: MCA motives and CROs first

21:43

Carmichael — MCA strategic shift and emerging culture problems

23:11

Carmichael — secret FTO briefings and call for intervention

25:12

Backbench MPs — local impacts and safety risks

28:55

Backbench MPs — local coastguard risks and opposition to CRO payment cuts

28:55

Dame Nia Griffith — local risks and impact of payment cuts

28:55

Ashley Fox MP — Burnham-on-Sea safety and impact of payment removal

33:25

Folkestone and Romney Marsh — operational risks and modelling questions

36:21

Brendan O’Hara MP — island stations and call for Government intervention

40:13

Fleetwood and Lytham — busiest teams, communication failures and legal options

43:02

Liz Saville Roberts MP — tourism pressures and retained-firefighter style solutions

46:29

Backbench MPs — local CRO impacts, safety risks and calls for alternative models

50:33

Chair: revised time limits; Arbroath & Broughty Ferry priorities

50:33

South Dorset MP — Court ruling fallout and recruitment fears

53:54

Jim Shannon and Robin Swann — Northern Ireland CROs and ministerial asks

56:02

South East Cornwall MP — nature of CRO role and recognition

58:38

Andrew George and Ben Maguire — alternative models and safety assessments

01:00:36

Chair tightens time limits; Southend coastline case

01:04:42

West Dorset and North Ayrshire MPs — symbolic pay and CRO duties

01:05:55

Honiton & Sidmouth and Tiverton & Minehead — capability loss and safety risks

01:07:58

Angus MacDonald and Josh Babarinde — pause call and suicide prevention role

01:09:51

Lib Dem spokesperson Steff Aquarone — evidence from CROs and demands for transparency

01:11:51

Coastguard volunteers — opposition critique and Minister’s legal case

01:17:28

Opposition response — national framework and legal concerns

01:17:28

Opposition — national context and historic framework

01:17:28

Shadow Minister Greg Smith — national perspective and historical context

01:17:28

Chair suspends sitting for Commons division

01:20:41

Opposition — legal challenge, impact gaps and call for delay

01:53:34

Shadow Minister Greg Smith — legal basis and MCA capacity

01:53:34

Shadow Minister — missing impact analysis and call to delay changes

01:56:39

Coastguard debate — Minister’s legal reasoning and implications

01:59:20

Coastguard debate — Minister’s opening, CRO role and union issue

01:59:20

Minister Kier Mather — opening, tribute to CROs and union question

01:59:20

Coastguard debate — constituency concerns, benefits and consultation record

02:01:44

Minister — constituency impacts, complaints, benefits and alternative models

02:01:44

Minister — consultation record, impact modelling and Northern Ireland engagement

02:05:46

Coastguard debate — court ruling, legal constraints and expenses‑only model

02:08:11

Minister — court ruling, worker status and legal limits

02:08:11

Minister — move to expenses-only model and future recognition

02:12:31

Coastguard volunteers — closing challenge and motion agreed

02:15:06

Coastguard debate — Carmichael’s response and motion agreed

02:15:06

Coastguard debate — Carmichael’s closing and motion agreed

02:15:06

Carmichael — closing remarks and motion agreed

02:15:06

Hampshire early years funding — local pressures and Ministerial response

02:18:27

Hampshire early years funding debate

02:18:27

Hampshire early years funding — opening and core funding pressures

02:18:27

Chair opens Hampshire early years funding debate; Brewster — funding pressures

02:18:27

Hampshire early years funding — MP case and Minister response

02:21:36

North East Hampshire MP — workforce, costs and SEND funding gap

02:21:36

Minister — national childcare expansion and funding uplifts

02:26:58

Minister — Hampshire rates, funding formula and consultation

02:31:14

Minister — disadvantaged children, SEND, workforce incentives and system review

02:32:39

Westminster Hall debate on UK fisheries support

02:48:26

Opening motion and regional fishing impacts

02:48:26

Opening of debate — Scottish fishing support and funding

02:48:26

Chair opens fishing debate; Logan moves motion

02:48:26

Logan — labour shortages, Brexit, EU policy and asks to Minister

02:54:30

Backbench MPs — Regional fishing pressures, Brexit and visas

03:00:05

Jim Shannon MP — Northern Ireland fleet, spatial squeeze and visa concerns

03:00:05

Arbroath & Broughty Ferry MP — Scottish coastal economy, Brexit and rising fish prices

03:07:38

Opposition parties — Funding, Brexit outcomes and inshore control

03:15:03

Liberal Democrat spokesperson — Funding gaps, science collaboration and inshore control

03:15:03

Lib Dem spokesperson — Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund and post‑Brexit funding gaps

03:15:03

Lib Dem spokesperson — Science–fisheries collaboration and Brexit expectations

03:18:50

Q — Ben Maguire: inshore bylaw; George on unfulfilled control

03:21:09

Shadow Minister — EU access deal, quota losses and fund critique

03:22:47

Shadow Minister Ashley Fox — EU access deal and quota losses

03:22:47

Shadow Minister — Critique of Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund and Labour stance

03:24:43

Fisheries Minister — Government response and priorities

03:28:11

Fisheries Minister — Government priorities, sustainability and potential support

03:28:11

Minister Stephen Morgan — First fisheries debate, priorities and safety focus

03:28:11

Minister — Sustainability approach, stakeholder engagement and fuel cost intervention

03:32:41

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Westminster Hall

1 July 2026

Westminster Hall Wed, 1 Jul 2026 Actual start 14:15 House of Commons

15:25 - 15:28

Speaker 1

Order, order. Alistair Carmichael to move the motion.

15:28 - 16:46

Speaker 2

Thank you very much, Mr. Shelbrooke.

I beg to move that this House has considered the matter of HMRC guidance and remuneration of coastguard volunteers. It's a pleasure to serve with you in the chair, Mr. Shelbrooke. I welcome the Minister to his position. Um, this is a timely debate, um, because, Mr. Shelbrooke, I am angry and I am offended by what the Maritime Coastguard Agency is doing to our coastguard rescue officers.

I believe that the changes that are being introduced following on from the recent Court of Appeal judgment risk hollowing out a crucial emergency service relied on by people in my constituency and in coastal and island communities around the country. I believe that these changes should be paused, taken away, a proper and meaningful consultation held, and then brought back in a shape that respects the contribution and service given by Coastguard Rescue Officers, which will secure the future of that service. But I want the Minister to understand today just why this matters as much as it does. And to do that, I want to take the House back to the 8th of December 1963, some 20 months before I was born.

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