Although it may be a small element for merchant vessels, which deal in very big commercial transactions, it is a significant element for the fishing fleet. Why should vessels of the UK-registered fishing fleet that are just over 10 metres pay when they make no use of the GLA navigation aids and when other EU-registered vessels do not have to pay? It puts our fleet at yet more commercial disadvantage against the European fishers.
Light Dues
Proceeding contribution from
Bob Spink
(Independent (affiliation))
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 2 June 2009.
It occurred during Adjournment debate on Light Dues.
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