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HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)This group of amendments enables the four UK fishing administrations to issue licences to foreign vessels in a shortened timespan, if it should prove necessary to do so. The…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 29, in schedule 4, page 63, line 14, at end insert— “‘temporary foreign vessel licence’ means a licence that— (a) is granted in respect of a foreign…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I am afraid I do not know the answer to that question—I was not involved in the creation of the Bill—but I am very happy to write to the hon. Gentleman with further details. I…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)These are technical amendments. Schedule 4 repeals the current regime that would manage access of foreign fishing boats to British waters through the use of designation orders.…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)indicated dissent.10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 28, in schedule 4, page 57, line 2, leave out sub-paragraph (3). This amendment removes the power to extend section 2 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (which…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)This clause introduces schedule 4, which sets out the consequential amendments arising from the new access and licensing provisions introduced in the Bill. Question put and agreed…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)The effect of the clause is that, where an offence under the Bill has been committed, proceedings can be taken against individuals in any part of the UK. Question put and agreed…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)The clause sets out the offences that apply to bodies corporate and the officers that have committed them through consent, connivance or negligence. It makes it clear that…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I agree with almost all of what the hon. Lady has to say. We share her disappointment that the amendment is necessary, but we regretfully say that it is. Amendment 2 agreed to.08 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I am afraid this will be rather a marathon as there are a number of amendments grouped together, but I am sure we will manage to get through them. The Government recognise the…08 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I think the hon. Lady is possibly slightly unaware that we do not currently have good data for many stocks. We fish, we think, just over 100 stocks—we have 100 stocks available to…08 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)There is no plan, but there is a very good clause which enables the plan to be made. It is something that should and will be done at local levels, but I would be amazed if…08 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I agree, in fact, with a great deal of what is being said. I reiterate that the Government are absolutely committed to leaving the natural environment in a better state than we…08 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I appreciate the intention behind both amendments 71 and 72. However, as anticipated by the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport, I feel that the law is already clear on…08 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I beg to move amendment 2, in clause 2, page 3, line 37, leave out “18 months” and insert “two years”. This amendment extends the deadline for publishing the first joint fisheries…08 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)In answer to the hon. Lady’s question about why the period of six years was arrived at, I understand that the six-yearly review period mirrors that found in the requirement in the…08 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I beg to move amendment 1, in clause 1, page 1, line 12, leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert— ‘(2) The “sustainability objective” is that— (a) fish and aquaculture…08 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)There is no contradiction; I just do not feel that the extra amendment is necessary. Another reason for that is that the national benefit objective in the Bill already requires UK…08 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I believe very firmly in the rule of law, and I would never accept that the legal system and reality are in any way in divergence. The Government have made it clear that the…08 Sept 2020