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HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for his usual courtesy in the way he has dealt with this Bill, and for all the information and help he has given us as we have moved through it. I…01 Jul 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I very much support this amendment. I want to congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, on his work in this area. He was a member of my EU Energy and Environment…24 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I really find it interesting that the Minister is arguing for a level playing field with the European Union over fisheries regulations. That is fantastic. I shall tell…24 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, this amendment is very much about marine conservation, the marine environment and the science, based on data collection. I will just put it into context. We currently…24 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]24 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]Well, there we are: the noble Lord, Lord Naseby, is not happy again. I have to say that one of my motives for putting my name to this amendment was the fact that the noble Lord,…24 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, for tabling this amendment; I will be interested to hear the Government’s response to it. As the noble Baroness…24 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I will keep my remarks short. First, I remind the House that I have an interest as co-chair of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership. Some years ago, I had the…24 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, what interesting speeches. I get the impression that almost all those who supported us leaving the European fisheries policy would have had their speeches applauded by…24 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]22 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]22 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I will be brief. Something that I tried to do in Committee but have not pursued on Report is to get more transparency from the producer organisations on how much of this…22 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for that reply. I have looked at Clause 48 and I have to admit that she is right. There we are: I am wrong; the Minister is right. It is unfortunate that the…22 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I thank the Minister very much for that positive and upbeat response, and I thank all noble Lords who have contributed—particularly the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, illustrating…22 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, rather late in the proceedings, I declare an interest as co-chair of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership, which has a bearing on some of the areas…22 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I do not have very strong opinions on these amendments or the way in which they are drafted. Clearly, there need to be economic and social benefits from an industry. In…22 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I will be very interested in the Minister’s reply.22 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I like this amendment very much. The noble Lord, Lord Krebs, has managed to write out and explain clearly exactly what a bycatch objective should be whereas, in the…22 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, if I may just respond first to the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, this amendment does exactly what he asks. It gives priority to environmental sustainability, but the other…22 Jun 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank everybody, particularly the Minister, for their contributions. I am sure that the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, believes that the Scottish legal system is far…22 Jun 2020