Fisheries Bill

I thank the Secretary of State for allowing me to intervene and not avoiding me altogether. We ha...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right: we adhere to the principles behind the maximum sustainable yi...

I am pleased that we are now starting to put the environment first, but almost 80% of the UK fish...

Absolutely, the Bill explicitly allows us to ensure that new quota can be allocated to the under-...

I thank the Secretary of State for giving way; he is generous with his time. On the comments made...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right on that. I am tempted to say, because so far we have not had a...

This point has been made, but I will make it again. I have the great honour of representing the f...

My hon. Friend makes an important point, one that was highlighted by my hon. Friend the Member fo...

Will the Secretary of State give way?

I am about to use a word that I rarely use, but I am going to use it with greater pleasure than I...

I am going to make a wee bit of progress now, if that is okay. One thing that is clear about this...

Will the Secretary of State give way?

No, not at this point.

We will introduce, as New Zealand, Norway and other nations have, an...

Before he moves on, will the Secretary of State give way?

For the hon. Gentleman, yes.

What do the Secretary of State’s words on bycatch and everything else mean for spurdog bycatchers...

Sorry?

What does it mean for spurdog bycatchers?

It will be easier for those who are responsible for that bycatch to ensure that they can continue...

I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way; he is being very generous. I am trying to...

When it comes to individual species, we will follow the scientific advice that CEFAS and others g...

Order. I have now to announce the result of today’s deferred Divisions.

In respect of the q...

I join the Secretary of State in his words of support for all those who work in the fishing indus...

Will the hon. Lady explain to me why my late husband suffered financially, quite considerably, fo...

We know that coastal communities have suffered from austerity, and I will be talking about that f...

I am very grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way. She talks about quotas and about who holds qu...

We are looking for the Government to address the historic imbalance and inequality in the fishing...

May I take my hon. Friend back to the point that she was making about the impact of austerity on ...

My hon. Friend makes a very important point. We would certainly support increasing co-operatives....

I am very grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way. Obviously, she is talking about coastal commu...

Yes, that is a very important point about processors. I have a processor in my own constituency, ...

The hon. Lady was starting to make a good case for recreational angling before she was dragged aw...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that very well-made point. Yes, I support exactly what he is sayin...

I am listening to the hon. Lady with great interest, but I am finding it very difficult to reconc...

Well, of course, any kind of regeneration needs to cover a number of different areas, but we know...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right about the marine environment. She knows that the EU banned ele...

Yes, my hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I can confirm that we will absolutely look at this ...

I think it would be reassuring to the House to know that the Opposition share our disdain for the...

I am trying to make it clear that we are not opposing the Bill; we really do want to work with th...

It is a great pleasure to speak in this fishing debate, and I very much welcomed the Secretary of...

The hon. Gentleman makes a very important point. The root of the disjunction between science and ...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention—he is right. I think that DEFRA is working ...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. The point that is often ignored in fishing debates ...

My hon. Friend makes a really good point. Fish will move, perhaps because of water temperature or...

Does my hon. Friend welcome the study by one of the northern universities and CEFAS to look at zo...

As always, my hon. Friend speaks great sense on fishing, and so she should, given her knowledge o...

Further to the point about zonal attachment, does my hon. Friend agree with Brixham fishermen tha...

My hon. Friend makes an interesting point. By moving to a different system, we perhaps remove our...

rose—

I think I am going to use up most of my time at this rate, but I give way.

I thank my hon. Friend, who is being very generous with his time. He may or may not be aware that...

My hon. Friend makes a good point. This is about how we help these fishermen. Can a certain amoun...

My hon. Friend is displaying that his grasp of fisheries is at least as great as his grasp of far...

My right hon. Friend makes an interesting point. We were talking earlier about pulse fishing, whi...

I would like to start with a couple of points that arose from listening to the Secretary of State...

For the avoidance of doubt, that was a Bill designed to see the UK leave the CFP, in the name of ...

It certainly points to some short memories in this place.

Secondly, in March, the Secretary...

Could the hon. Lady give us a history lesson about what a former Member of this House did? Does s...

On our terms, of course. That is the point the hon. Gentleman is leaving out.

If we are loo...

Does my hon. Friend not agree with me that the Scottish Tory MPs have made 20-gallon galoots of t...

I am as baffled as my hon. Friend on that particular issue; that is for sure.

Returning to ...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Obviously, the SNP has persistently voted against the co...

Absolutely not, no. My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I hope he has jogged the Secretary o...

May I mount a bit of shameless lobbying? To tackle illegal lobster potting, the Scottish Governme...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I am certain that the Scottish Government will b...

Fishermen in the north-east are often quoted as saying that more fish will be consumed in the UK,...

My hon. Friend makes a very good point and I am delighted that she brings up the interests of the...

This is a characteristically divisive speech from the hon. Lady. On the subject of division, can ...

I am always amused when Scottish Tories stand up to talk about divisiveness and accuse the SNP of...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Edinburgh North and Leith (Deidre Brock)—it is alw...

On the common fisheries policy, just in case the right hon. Gentleman should be tempted to try to...

I remind the hon. Gentleman that this Green Paper was the policy on which we fought the 2005 gene...

My right hon. Friend has highlighted the role that he played as shadow fisheries Minister, and he...

Let us move on to what we proposed in that Green Paper, on which we fought the 2005 election. The...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for North Shropshire (Mr Paterson).

I spea...

The hon. Lady is absolutely right about processing, and it also requires concentration on product...

I do not disagree with the right hon. Gentleman. Grimsby makes some of the very best premium prod...

rose—

I am not going to give way again as many Members wish to speak.

Any failure to secure acces...

First, I want to thank the hon. Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge (Angela Smith) for her trib...

I should like to associate myself with my hon. Friend’s comments in paying tribute to the various...

I completely agree with my hon. Friend. In relation to Norway and the EU, access to resources is ...

Scotland has 8.4% of the UK population and 60% of the total catch, so fisheries are hugely import...

indicated assent.

I see nods of knowledge from one Conservative Member.

Similarly, the Faroe Islands has mana...

The hon. Gentleman talks about UK Government support for the fishing industry. Will he welcome th...

If we look at where this is going, we see that it is not going to be the headline figure the hon....

Order. Members have not been too bad at sticking to the time limit suggested earlier, but as the ...

Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker; I appreciate that, as I had already tried to pare down...

I assume that the hon. Gentleman understands that the trade agreement is equally important. Clear...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. I will get to that point a little later.

The F...

This is an important Bill. Leaving the EU and the CFP will require effective management of our fi...

Order. Hon. Members have been very good in observing a time limit, but to make sure that everyone...

It is always a pleasure to take part in a fisheries debate and, more importantly, a debate on a f...

Will the hon. Gentleman confirm that it is worse than that? Not only will we still be in the CFP,...

That is my understanding of the withdrawal Act. The implementation period should come to an end a...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I apologise to colleagues for interrupting this import...

Order. We will not have sedentary interventions at this point.

I thank the right hon. Gentl...

I just hope that we get through the next six minutes without any major developments of that sort....

Surely fishing was important enough to the Conservative Government for them to have thought about...

The hon. Gentleman will have heard my comments in March when the agreement was concluded. It was ...

Madam Deputy Speaker, with your indulgence, may I take you to the sunlit uplands of 2028 as imagi...

My hon. Friend is a fantastic spokesperson for the leisure and recreational fishing fraternity. W...

The press release that I quoted mentioned Stewart Ward, who is a constituent of my right hon. Fri...

As the Member of Parliament for Argyll and Bute, a constituency with an aggregated coastline long...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate, and also to follow the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute ...

It is an honour to follow my friend the right hon. Member for Witham (Priti Patel) in this import...

Will the hon. Gentleman accept that I, as the Member for Argyll and Bute—a constituency that over...

I have no doubt that the hon. Gentleman represents his constituents in the way he wishes, and doe...

The Prime Minister talks about taking back control of our fishing, yet for the last two years, th...

I thank the hon. Lady for making that point. We all know why the Republic of Ireland has decided ...

It is a pleasure to follow my friend and colleague the hon. Member for North Antrim (Ian Paisley)...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for South Dorset (Richard Drax). I wish to begin my re...

Does my hon. Friend agree that there is too little detail in this Bill that gives us any idea of ...

Order. We will be going down to five minutes after this speech.

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. My hon. Friend makes precisely the point that has been raised with ...

I welcome this Bill, which will hopefully provide the framework for regenerating the Lowestoft an...

I declare an interest: I am proud to speak on behalf of my daughter and her partner, who operate ...

It is a great honour to be able to speak in this very important debate. As has previously been sa...

Before I get into my speech, I will confess my three interests in this Bill. First, like the Secr...

I am glad to follow the hon. Member for Pontypridd (Owen Smith), because he referred to the restr...

It is great quality fish.

There is great quality fish from Newlyn as well. Actually, that is an important point. The qualit...

It is always a pleasure to speak in any fishing debate, as I have done every year that I have bee...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

No, I will not.

I would like to briefly talk about clause 10. I would add that all licences...

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon). Indeed, I am doing...

It is a pleasure to follow my neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Chichester (Gillian Keegan...

It is a pleasure and privilege to speak in this debate. Similarly to when we considered the Agric...

rose—

I am sorry, but because of the time—[Interruption.] I will come to the hon. Lady, who confirmed t...

On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. The hon. Member for Moray (Douglas Ross) mentioned my hon...

The answer is yes, it is in order. Members do not have to give way. What is normal is that if you...

The hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Angus Brendan MacNeil) has a deaf ear, because I said I...

I would just like to quote directly from page 29 of the SNP’s 2017 general election manifesto: