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HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I strongly support this amendment and, if that is the case, clearly the Government should just bring forth an amendment themselves. It should say that for quota species it should…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for those 101 reasons why it is difficult. My question is: do the Government want a new entrants scheme?09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for going through all that, but another term for stability and certainty is fossilisation. That is what we are being told. The whole Bill is in many…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]Anyway, I look forward to the new entrants scheme. That is good. I misunderstood the Minister, who seemed to suggest it was possible only if it was sustainable. We have a…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]How do I reply to the Minister on that one? If I am really honest about it, what I hear is “We would quite like to keep it as it is at the minute, all we want to do is go through…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I had a question about whether the objectives were effectively a reserved area, or a devolved area and the Administrations had come together and agreed this. Are they a reserved…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]Perhaps I could just follow up on a couple of the things that the Minister stated are important. As he knows, one of the things I questioned on Monday was the equal access…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I was going to speak further to Amendment 34, but the noble Baroness and the noble Lord have said it far better, so I shall resume my place.04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I strongly support the amendment. It is obvious common sense. When I first read the Bill I never even thought about there being a gap, but as soon as we see the…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I will make a point very quickly. I was slightly disappointed in the Minister’s response when she said local authorities had not been consulted in any way on this Bill. The…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I assure the noble Baroness that, in the next group, I will very much take hold of that issue.04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, and the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester. It is always useful to go back to the Government’s own…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall also speak to Amendment 46. I was surprised that the Minister seemed to give the impression that we were saying that the British fishing industry or this sector…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for what I think was a very constructive reply. I could see the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, almost thinking that the Minister was going to concede one…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I will not press the Minister any more on that, but I think all of us, and maybe the industry itself, would have a concern if there was a blank sheet between when we leave the…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I have a number of amendments in this group which I am sure the Minister will be able to bat away quickly and easily. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, on his…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I did not understand the Minister’s response on my Amendment 37. I am specifically trying to understand how the joint fisheries statement is triggered. Forgive me, I may have…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]So, to clarify, there has to be unanimous agreement between all authorities for a replacement policy to be a triggered?04 Mar 2020