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HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, this Government have committed to ambitious action to tackle climate change, including reaching net zero by 2050. To support this objective, it is right that we have…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for bringing forward this amendment and, indeed, to all noble Lords who have spoken. While I fully understand the aim of…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend and my noble and learned friend—I am sorry he is not able to be present—and wholeheartedly agree with the principle that fisheries…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]For tonight, I will say that these are matters under active consideration. We take the point that there is scope for additional quota to benefit coastal communities. I am not in a…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I repeat what I said: work is already being undertaken on this by the Government and the devolved Administrations. It is work in progress, but that is the right route,…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I have not finished yet. So that is where the position lies. I will now take the noble Lord’s intervention.02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I am most grateful to noble Lords for this short debate. As I understand it, the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, is concerned that our provisions relating to equal access…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]All the organisations that I have referred to are organisations rather than statutory bodies. Clearly, bodies such as Natural England have statutory functions and interests, and…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I will avail myself of receiving some information and let everyone in this debate know. Clearly, it is a devolved matter and therefore all three devolved Administrations and the…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, at Second Reading I made it clear that sustainability is at the heart of the Bill, so I am pleased that one of the first discussions we are having in Committee relates…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]We have had very successful and collaborative discussions and arrangements with all the devolved Administrations. They have taken this matter very seriously, and we are…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]No, my Lords. Obviously, I recognise that the noble Lords who have spoken feel particularly strongly about environmental sustainability. I have argued, what the Government feel is…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I made it clear that the precautionary objective already includes the clear objective to restore all marine stocks to sustainable levels. We are very clear that we need to work…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]During this Committee, I think we will probably go on to talk about some of the further arrangements for financial assistance. Clearly, the Government see this as a vital…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I will conclude on this, otherwise the “Ah, buts” will lose the force of the sustainability point of this debate. It is clear, I believe—as I always have—that the House and your…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, the Government remain fully committed to ending the wasteful discarding of fish, acknowledging the impact this can have on fisheries management and the marine…02 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington, for her amendments. Together, they would require policies made to achieve the fisheries objectives to be…02 Mar 2020HANSARDTree Pests and DiseasesMy Lords, I declare my membership of the International Dendrology Society and my farming interests. I have planted a few trees and have seen them, particularly the jubilee copse I…13 Feb 2020HANSARDFishery Protection SquadronMy Lords, I cannot speak of Appledore, although I have heard of it, but under the terms of the Fisheries Bill there will be opportunities for varying grants, including for port…12 Feb 2020HANSARDFishery Protection SquadronAs I said in my first reply, co-ordination and collaboration with all the devolved Administrations—indeed, the four fisheries administrations —is absolutely key. Marine Scotland…12 Feb 2020