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 is taking to ensure that a UK fishing policy will be in place after April 2019 in the event that the UK leaves the EU without an agreement.

The government is committed to introducing a Fisheries Bill during this session of parliament. We will shortly publish a White Paper on future fisheries policy and expect to introduce a Bill later this year.