EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Fishing Industry Debate
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Main Page: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)Department Debates - View all Martyn Day's debates with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(3 years, 11 months ago)
Commons ChamberI can. We have the freedom to regulate through technical measures in our own waters, and we have banned pulse trawling.
With fish exporters paying over £500 or £600 a day in extra paperwork since the Tory Brexit deal came into force, in what world does the Secretary of State believe that this represents frictionless, barrier-free trade, as the Prime Minister claimed the deal delivers?
There are no tariff barriers. We secured an agreement through the trade and co-operation agreement that means tariff-free trade in all goods, including fish.