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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans for some of the £100 million investment fund for fishing to be used to decommission fishing boats.

The Government has committed to providing £100 million of investment to rejuvenate the industry and coastal communities across the UK.

There are no plans to have a decommissioning scheme. Previous schemes have been fraught with difficulties and have created unintended consequences.