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HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I do not wish to detain the House longer than necessary. People have made the points in relation to these provisions far better than I can. I simply take this…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I am grateful for the Minister’s response. I would just like to clarify that my amendment did not say that we should seek scientific advice, but that no allocation should run…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 105 in my name. We are getting to the heart of the Bill in this discussion and amendment grouping. The advice I sought when seeking to amend…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I have heard that phrase before that fish are somehow held on trust. Fish are considered to be wild animals and cannot be held by anyone as a property right. We are talking about…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I just want to clarify things. We see the need for two tiers of transparent objective criteria: one on the allocation of the pie out to the four devolved nations and then a…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]Before moving on to the next amendment, I just wish to clarify that the main objection to this redrafting is that it would reduce clarity and lead to more ambiguity. I really do…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]Clause 23 applies only when we have an international agreement. It is clear that UNCLOS, which is the main international agreement, is not implementable in judicial review. Clause…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]The fundamental point that we are making is: can we ever imagine a point in the future where we can have a break from the existing status quo, which is not working, to one that is…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 110 in my name. I have, perhaps overconfidently, attempted to redraft Clause 27 to set out the mechanism through which the rights to fish…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I will ignore that last comment. I thank noble Lords very much.09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for those comments. Could we have one of those meetings with the specialists in the room? I am merely a voice that is carrying a view from the sector itself.…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I cannot say much more than the noble Baroness has already said, very eloquently. I lend my support to this amendment because it addresses a fundamental question about…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]To be absolutely clear, does the Minister mean that we will honour the allocation of the FQAs in perpetuity or for a transitional phase? If so, how long will that transition be?09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise briefly to support Amendment 34. As has been said, it is crucial that there is something on the face of this Bill making clear our serious intention to allow our…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords—04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]On the question of balance, social and economic questions tend to take care of themselves because they create incumbents who then have power in lobbying the system we put in…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak in general support of the principles behind this amendment. We must consider in this debate how we establish—without any shadow of a doubt—that in the…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 7 is in my name. I support many of the comments made by the noble Lord, Lord Teverson. My amendment would change Clause 1(2)(b) simply to state “the fishing…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I must confess to feeling that perhaps I am not the best person to lead off this segment of the debate, because my amendment seeks to change subsection (8) of the clause but the…02 Mar 2020