Future of Fishing Debate
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Alistair Carmichael
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Future of Fishing
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Torcuil Crichton
I agree that we should disagree agreeably when it comes to common national assets such as fishing.
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland) (LD)
I am interested to see that the hon. Gentleman has rediscovered his distributist roots from Glasgow university. There are serious, practical considerations here to be faced before we get to the point that the hon. Gentleman would want to get to, which has significant force. Most skippers in my constituency, and in his, are carrying massive amounts of debt and loans. If we cut the feet out from underneath them in terms of quota reallocation and the rest, the law of unintended consequences could be really severe for the people who have kept that industry going through the lean times.