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HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Motion , by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 19 Report on fish caught in UK waters but landed abroad ‘(1) Within 12 months of this Act being…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The new clause, which is consistent with the case made by Labour Members in Committee, would create an evidence base for the…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I will take up that opportunity, Sir Charles. I am grateful to the Minister for confirming that the MMO publishes those statistics. As a recent response of hers to a parliamentary…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I am happy to give way—it is important to do so.15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I did not detect a question in that intervention, so I am not sure I can reply. However, I would not want the Minister to be under a misapprehension about Labour policy. I believe…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I echo the thanks that have been given to the Clerks and the Bill team. I thank all the officials the Minister has tucked away back at the Department for Environment, Food and…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I welcome the Government legislating to comply with international treaties, which I am sure the Minister will agree with—I know she is a fond supporter of the rule of law. Until…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFood Production StandardsYesterday was Back British Farming Day, but while our farmers are at risk of being undercut in future trade deals, it will take more than just one day of wheatsheaf-wearing to…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 121, in clause 26, page 17, line 44, at end insert— “(3A) When distributing catch quotas for use by fishing boats, the national fisheries authorities may…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I rise in support of the case that has just been laid out by my colleague the shadow fisheries Minister. There is an opportunity here to support our small boat fleet and to send a…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for giving way at the last minute and for agreeing to meet me, the hon. Member for North Cornwall (Scott Mann) and, perhaps in a different capacity,…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for giving way again. Whether it is a Plymouth trial, a Fraserburgh trial or a Grimsby trial, the concept is of a series of trials to look at days at…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)On a point of order, Mr McCabe, a few people have contacted me to inquire about why they cannot watch proceedings, because no visuals are being broadcast. I know that with social…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for setting that out. For the sake of clarity, the Undersized Velvet Crabs Order 1989 was not previously on my reading list; however, it was…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 80, in clause 12, page 11, line 5, at end insert— “(3A) The master, the owner and the charterer (if any) are not each guilty of an offence if a fishing…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)We have not spent as much time discussing effort during the passage of this Bill as we did during the course of the last Bill. One reason for that is that Ministers subsequently…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)This is a probing amendment. I want fisheries to be sustainable, as we discussed on Tuesday, but I also want them to be safe for British fishers, foreign fishers and all those in…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I am grateful for the Minister’s clarifying that situation, and on the basis of that clarity, I am happy to withdraw the amendment. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)The amendments pick up on one theme I have raised with the Minister around the difference between a hard copy and an electronic licence. That relates to the experience of British…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)The Minister is shaking her head. It is good to have that on the record. When we come to future SIs that take out bits that have been missed, because of the pace at which the…10 Sept 2020