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HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I am sorry to end on a slightly damp squib, but the new clause is really not necessary. Regardless of the outcome of the negotiations, what the new clause seeks to do is already…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)May I intervene to answer the question? Fisheries and aquaculture products will continue to be labelled and marketed as before. We are rolling over the labelling and marketing…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Part 1 of schedule 9 allows the MMO to operate outside our waters, ensuring that the MMO can support the Government’s international efforts to protect and sustainably manage the…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Well, we have had kind words from the hon. Member for Barnsley East, and it has been a pleasure to debate this excellent Bill with her. It gives me enormous pleasure to move it to…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I thank the hon. Members for Barnsley East and for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport. The issue is an important one, but we do not feel that the additional powers in the amendment…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)The clause allows the Secretary of State to make regulations allowing for the MMO to impose charges when exercising a relevant marine function. It is Government policy to set…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)The schedule has been placed in the Bill at the request of the devolved Administrations to establish schemes of financial assistance equivalent to those in clause 35. I hope that…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)During the UK’s membership of the EU, funding to the fish and aquaculture sectors has been provided under the EMFF. This clause allows the creation of domestic financial…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)There is a bit of history here, Sir Charles. I am aware that the strict eligibility rules under the domestic maritime and fisheries fund in England, which opened to applications…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)The reason why the amendment was not in the original Bill is that we do not think these powers are necessary to comply with GDPR, but we think that the introduction of this…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I can find no other mechanism to answer the hon. Gentleman’s questions. We discussed this measure fully last week. He knows that we will consult on proposals for landing…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Far from being missing, those fish are included in the statistics published by the Marine Management Organisation on the landings of fish by UK vessels as part of its annual…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 54, in clause 35, page 24, line 15, at end insert— “(c) require the Secretary of State, or another person, to publish specified information about financial…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)The scope of clause 35 is already wide enough to include the activities suggested. Subsection (1) sets out priorities that can be funded, not specific activities, which provides…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)The amendments are not necessary, because the Bill sets out the purposes that can be funded, not specific activities related to those purposes, which provides the flexibility to…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)The Government are holding formal negotiations with Norway and the Faroe Islands and engaging in discussions with other relevant countries, such as Iceland and Greenland. The UK…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)We can all agree that attracting skills and talent is crucial to realising our ambitions for a thriving modern fisheries sector. Seafish undertakes a great deal of work promoting…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)This clause is not necessary because funding and guidance are and will continue to be available for a variety of fishing activities in England, as we discussed this morning. The…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)In keeping with the commitments in the 25-year environment plan and the fisheries White Paper, I assure the Committee that we already work closely and collaboratively with our…15 Sept 2020