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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the European Commission is considering a provisional extension or provisional application of the current protocol to the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement in the event that negotiations for a new Protocol are not finalised by mid-July 2018.

The European Commission has not made us aware of any intention to consider any provisional arrangements in the event that negotiations for a new EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement are not concluded by mid-July.