Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to consult the aquaculture sector on the effect of the UK leaving the EU; and what plans his Department has to minimise the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the aquaculture sector.

Through a number of fora, we have actively engaged with, and will continue to listen to, industry representatives, trade organisations, processors, Non-Government Organisations and the public as the UK leaves the EU. Devolved Administrations will remain fully engaged in the process and we will work with them to deliver a deal that works for the whole of the UK.