MPs debate the coastguard service
25 March 2011 (updated on 25 March 2011)
Sarah Newton, Conservative MP for Truro and Falmouth, moved a Backbench Business debate in Westminster Hall on Thursday 24 March on the future of the coastguard service.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Mike Penning, responded on behalf of the Government.
Watch and read the views expressed by MPs during the debate.
Backbench Business Committee
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Westminster Hall debates
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