Draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Work in Fishing Convention) Order 2018
Debate between Leo Docherty and Chris Stephens(6 years, 8 months ago)
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Chris Stephens (Glasgow South West) (SNP)
I do not intend to detain the Committee long.
Chris Stephens
That is the first time a Conservative MP has agreed with me for a long time.
The Scottish National party supports this particular piece of delegated legislation. As we heard from the hon. Member for Reading East, it is clear that the standards of living and working conditions in commercial fishing are completely inconsistent across the industry. We support this piece of work to provide minimum living and working conditions that are globally applicable and uniformly enforced. The only question I have for the Minister is whether she could say a bit more about whether there will be further consultations with the industry in relation to the implementation of ILO 188 before it is fully implemented.