EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Fishing Industry Debate
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Scott Benton
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EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Fishing Industry
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George Eustice
We are working with the industry daily to identify the specific challenges that they are encountering, such as individual examples of why the French may have raised a query on an export health certificate. We are trying to deal with that and iron out that problem.
Scott Benton (Blackpool South) (Con)
UK fishermen are understandably frustrated by the current situation at the borders. Can my right hon. Friend therefore update the House on what discussions he has had with our European neighbours, since the end of the transition period, to tackle the issue?