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HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)As the Minister points out, we need to work on enforcement, which is clearly not working. I am disappointed that she will not accept the new clause, but I am happy to beg to ask…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusMy constituent in Barnsley has been trying for seven days to get a test for her teenage son after he was sent home from school with a temperature. She has been offered a test in…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)No.15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 126, in clause 35, page 23, line 44, at end insert— “(j) the gathering of scientific data relating to fishing, including but not limited to carrying out…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)The point of the new clause is to ensure that consumers have the information that they need to make choices, and so that they can choose sustainable fish and can buy British. On…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I jumped in too soon with the nice bits. I thank the Minister for those comments. I understand her first point, but does her Department have plans to introduce regulations that…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I do appreciate the Minister’s remarks and all the work that the Government are doing, but I am not convinced by her argument that this new clause is a duplicate. It simply asks…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I take the hon. Gentleman’s point. If the Government are willing to accept the new clause, it might be an area that can be improved om, but the point is to try to give greater…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I beg to move, That the Clause be read a Second time. Labour’s new clause 17 requires the Secretary of State, 12 months after this Bill has been passed, to lay before the House a…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 17 Procurement of sustainable fishery products “The Secretary of State must lay before…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 134, in clause 35, page 23, line 44, at end insert— “(j) The provision and maintenance of terrestrial or marine infrastructure involved in commercial…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Amendments 134 to 137 also relate to the new powers the Bill gives the Secretary of State to make grants or loans to the fishing and aquaculture industry. They would allow fishing…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I beg to move, That the Clause be read a Second time. As we have said on a number of occasions throughout our discussion of the Bill, it is important that Government policy is led…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Amendments 126 to 129 concern the provision of financial assistance for scientific data collection and the commissioning and decommissioning of boats if quota allocations change.…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)The Government should put their money where their mouth is, but the clause does not even ask them to do that. It simply asks for a report on how we should buy more fish and use…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I understand what the Minister has said. However, further to the points I have made, I would like to press the amendment to a vote. Question put, That the amendment be made.15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I beg to move, That the Clause be read a Second time. During the Committee stage of the previous version of the Bill, the matter of skills was discussed on a number of occasions.…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 16 “Fishing industry skills strategy ‘(1) Within 1 year of this section coming into force, the…15 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I beg to move, That the Clause be read a Second time. New clause 15 speaks to the long history of co-operatives and co-operation in our fishing industry. It would require the…15 Sept 2020