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HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 2.12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Teverson and Lord Grantchester, for their welcome of these amendments. I welcome the positivity from the noble Lord, Lord…12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, so that I do not mislead the noble Lord, I will write to him about that. Triggering work on the fisheries management plans is another stream of work; a response may…12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 9.12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]Moved by That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 3 to 5.12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I understand the instincts of the noble Lord exactly. On international obligations, the whole point about the last resort is that, if international obligations were not…12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 23 to 101.12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, this clause enables the UK to extend to the Crown dependencies by way of Order in Council the power of the Secretary of State to make regulations for the purpose of…12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 6.12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 22.12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 7 and 8.12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 10 to 13.12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I may need to clarify this again. We were not able to open discussions with the Faroe Islands while we were still members of the EU. It was only in January 2020—at the…12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, we agreed to a treaty in 1999. We have worked closely with Minister Ewing, who is quite rightly ferocious in his support of Scottish fishing interests. We are working…12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, four themes of the changes made by the Government relate to the Bill’s licensing provisions. I would like to make it clear why these changes were necessary and why they…12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Teverson and Lord Grantchester. We are into a technical range of amendments. The noble Lord, Lord Teverson, asked about the…12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this fairly wide-ranging debate. I am particularly grateful for the kind and generous remarks that have been made. I say to…12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 15 to 21.12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, the Government recognise the intent of this House in focusing its attention on environmental sustainability. The Bill recognises the complexity and challenges of…12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, this is an extremely important debate. I am grateful for this challenge; it is rather like playing tennis with someone much better than oneself, and one hopes that that…12 Nov 2020