Leaving the EU: Fisheries Management

Luke Graham Excerpts
Tuesday 20th March 2018

(6 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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The hon. Lady makes a very good point. I have had productive talks with representatives of fish processing organisations, and we absolutely appreciate that they have specific demands on both access to other markets and labour. We respect their demands and will do everything possible to help them achieve them.

Luke Graham Portrait Luke Graham (Ochil and South Perthshire) (Con)
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The SNP has admitted that it would hand powers over fisheries not to Edinburgh or London but back to Brussels. Will my right hon. Friend assure me that that will not happen?

Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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I can give an absolute guarantee that under no circumstances will I ever adopt the craven and abject surrender that the Scottish Government would offer the EU by accepting that the CFP should persist ad infinitum.