European Union (Amendment) Bill

The other term that the hon. Gentleman ignores is ““measures appropriate””. Had it been simply financial measures, it would specify financial measures, but it does not. It is ambiguous. One of the first times that I was politically involved in something was around the time of the referendum on entering the EU and the renegotiations. At that time, people were accused of scaremongering when they said that when we gave fishing policy over to the EU, it could devastate the local fishing industry. We were told that the ambiguous wording in the treaty was being misinterpreted. We now have a devastated fishing industry.