EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Fishing Industry

Martyn Day Excerpts
Thursday 14th January 2021

(3 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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George Eustice Portrait George Eustice
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I can. We have the freedom to regulate through technical measures in our own waters, and we have banned pulse trawling.

Martyn Day Portrait Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (SNP) [V]
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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?

George Eustice Portrait George Eustice
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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.