Debate on bill on Tuesday, 13 October 2020, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness Prentis of Banbury.

Fisheries Bill [Lords]

Programme motion (No. 2) relating to proceedings on consideration and third reading. Report stage. New clause 8, debated with Government new clauses 9 and 10, new clauses 1-7, 11, 12 and amendments. New clauses 8-10 agreed to on question. New clause 3 negatived on division (65 to 335). Clause 1, amendment 1, negatived on division (196 to 335). Clauses 16, 37, 39, 47, 49-51 and Schedule 2, Government amendments made. Schedule 3, amendment 3, negatived on division (197 to 331). Proceedings interrupted (programme order this day). Schedules 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, Government amendments made. Queen's consent signified. Bill read the third time and passed, with amendments.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 682 cc254-338
Session: 2019-21
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Legislative stage: Third reading; Report stage
Procedure: Programme motions; New clauses; Queen's consent; Proxy voting
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Fisheries Bill (HL) 2019-21. As amended in Public Bill Committee.
Tuesday, 15 September 2020
Bills
House of Commons; Speaker’s Statement
Wednesday, 14 October 2020
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Prentis of Banbury | 682 c258 (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.; Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 682 cc258-264 (Link to this contribution)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:
Government new clauses 9 and 10.<...; Baroness Prentis of Banbury | 682 c264 (Link to this contribution)
This Bill marks a really important step forward as we leave the inflexibilities of the common fis...; Alistair Carmichael | 682 c264 (Link to this contribution)
I understand the position with regard to the devolved Administrations, but I do not understand th...; Baroness Prentis of Banbury | 682 cc264-5 (Link to this contribution)
I will, if I may, come to that very shortly. It is an important point and one that I personally a...; Robert Neill | 682 c265 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister give way?; Baroness Prentis of Banbury | 682 c265 (Link to this contribution)
I would be delighted to give way to my former Chair.; Robert Neill | 682 c265 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend does know this, because she was a great servant of the Justice Committee when she ...; Baroness Prentis of Banbury | 682 c265 (Link to this contribution)
I have nothing but the greatest respect for the Chairman of the Justice Committee, on which I was...; Sally-Ann Hart | 682 c265 (Link to this contribution)
Many fishermen, including those in Hastings and Rye who manage the under-10 metre fishing fleet, ...; Baroness Prentis of Banbury | 682 c265 (Link to this contribution)
I would be delighted to. The Government have been clear throughout that access to the UK’s territ...; Emma Hardy | 682 c266 (Link to this contribution)
I have had a fair bit of correspondence with the Minister’s Department and I wonder if she will l...; Baroness Prentis of Banbury | 682 c266 (Link to this contribution)
Enforcement is very important and I will look out for the hon. Lady’s correspondence and ensure s...; Sheryll Murray | 682 c266 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way?; Baroness Prentis of Banbury | 682 cc266-7 (Link to this contribution)
If I may I will make a little progress because I know my hon. Friend is speaking later.
Sea...; Jim Shannon | 682 c267 (Link to this contribution)
One of our fears, which perhaps the Minister can allay, relates to amendment 42. Wales and Scotla...; Baroness Prentis of Banbury | 682 cc267-8 (Link to this contribution)
I am afraid it is too early to answer the hon. Gentleman’s question, but I look forward to future...; Luke Pollard | 682 c268 (Link to this contribution)
A Labour party policy.; Baroness Prentis of Banbury | 682 c268 (Link to this contribution)
It may well be a Labour party policy now, but it was in our 2018 White Paper. The economic link i...; Bob Stewart | 682 c268 (Link to this contribution)
I was under the impression that supertrawlers were registered and agreed by our own Ministry at t...; Baroness Prentis of Banbury | 682 c268 (Link to this contribution)
Part of the problem is that there is no officially agreed definition of a supertrawler, but it is...; Jonathan Edwards | 682 c268 (Link to this contribution)
Is it not the reality that many of the issues that the Minister is talking about now will ultimat...; Baroness Prentis of Banbury | 682 cc268-9 (Link to this contribution)
No, I do not think that is the case. When we pass the Fisheries Bill, as I very much hope we will...; Alistair Carmichael | 682 c269 (Link to this contribution)
The question is not about territorial waters; it is about operation within the exclusive economic...; Baroness Prentis of Banbury | 682 c270 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that clarification and I look forward to working further wit...; Stephanie Peacock | 682 c270 (Link to this contribution)
I rise to speak to the amendments that stand in my name and the name of the shadow Environment Se...; Sheryll Murray | 682 c270 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady is talking about that economic link, but does she not recognise that it was a Conse...; Stephanie Peacock | 682 c271 (Link to this contribution)
I know that the hon. Lady speaks with great experience as chair of the all-party fisheries group,...; Sheryll Murray | 682 c271 (Link to this contribution)
Eight.; Stephanie Peacock | 682 c271 (Link to this contribution)
Eight—I stand corrected. Eight jobs are created on land to every one job at sea. The hon. Lady wi...; Emma Hardy | 682 c271 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for her excellent speech and say that, like me, she probably doesn’t recal...; Stephanie Peacock | 682 c271 (Link to this contribution)
I absolutely agree. My hon. Friend makes an important point. I know that she is a hard-working ca...; Ian Jnr Paisley | 682 c271 (Link to this contribution)
Does the hon. Lady agree that one of the important things we must do to sustain our fishing commu...; Stephanie Peacock | 682 c272 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his important point. I am sure he will be interested to know that ...; Taiwo Owatemi | 682 c272 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend join me in asking the Minister why the UK Government have called for the glob...; Stephanie Peacock | 682 c272 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for making that important point. She is right: the Government like to call...; Jonathan Edwards | 682 c272 (Link to this contribution)
I strongly support amendment 3, but I am sure the hon. Lady will understand why, as a Welsh MP, I...; Stephanie Peacock | 682 c272 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. We have tried to make our amendments devolution-...; Neil Parish | 682 cc273-4 (Link to this contribution)
It is a great pleasure to speak in this historic debate. After 40 years, we can now look at a fis...; Deidre Brock | 682 cc274-5 (Link to this contribution)
I rise to speak to new clauses 1 to 7 and amendment 57 tabled by the Scottish National party.
...; Sheryll Murray | 682 c275 (Link to this contribution)
Does the hon. Lady accept that under the Scottish nationalist policy of staying in the EU, she wo...; Deidre Brock | 682 cc275-6 (Link to this contribution)
I think the hon. Lady is well aware of the SNP’s policy towards the re-entry of an independent Sc...; Liz Saville Roberts | 682 c276 (Link to this contribution)
One point that I think is important to many in the Scottish fleet, as it certainly is to the Wels...; Deidre Brock | 682 cc276-7 (Link to this contribution)
All from the devolved authorities would like to see that, and the hon. Lady will recall that at t...; Anthony Mangnall | 682 c277 (Link to this contribution)
If the hon. Lady has such a concern about sustainability, will the SNP start addressing the Scott...; Deidre Brock | 682 c278 (Link to this contribution)
I assure the hon. Gentleman that that is something the Scottish Government are taking in hand at ...; Sheryll Murray | 682 c278 (Link to this contribution)
It is an absolute pleasure to follow the spokesperson for the SNP, the hon. Member for Edinburgh ...; Deidre Brock | 682 c278 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Lady give way?; Sheryll Murray | 682 cc278-280 (Link to this contribution)
No, I will not. Other people want to speak.
Other new clauses have been tabled by the right...; Alistair Carmichael | 682 c279 (Link to this contribution)
I rise to speak to new clauses 11 and 12, standing in my name. It is a great pleasure to follow t...; Sheryll Murray | 682 c279 (Link to this contribution)
Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?; Alistair Carmichael | 682 cc279-281 (Link to this contribution)
I will just explain this to the hon. Lady, and then I will give way to her.
The Act creates...; Sheryll Murray | 682 c281 (Link to this contribution)
I think the right hon. Gentleman misunderstood what I said. I actually mentioned the Merchant Shi...; Alistair Carmichael | 682 c281 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady advances an excellent argument in support of my new clause 11, but as it happens, I...; Sheryll Murray | 682 c281 (Link to this contribution)
I think it is the Marine Management Organisation that enforces licensing but in his area, the Sco...; Alistair Carmichael | 682 c281 (Link to this contribution)
There will be no provision in licensing that will deal with the dangerous and reckless conduct th...; Robert Neill | 682 c282 (Link to this contribution)
The right hon. Gentleman is making an important point.
Is there not a further difficulty in...; Alistair Carmichael | 682 cc282-3 (Link to this contribution)
I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman. My experience of Government is that there are issues ...; Andrea Jenkyns | 682 cc283-5 (Link to this contribution)
If I may take a few moments, Madam Deputy Speaker, I have just received a text message alerting m...; Matt Rodda | 682 cc285-6 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to be able to speak in this important debate. I would like to offer my condolenc...; Scott Mann | 682 c286 (Link to this contribution)
I will keep my remarks short. I am getting quite used to having debates on fishing and fisheries ...; Derek Thomas | 682 c286 (Link to this contribution)
Before 10 o’clock.; Scott Mann | 682 cc286-7 (Link to this contribution)
Indeed.
I welcome the package of three consultations launched by DEFRA today. The first is ...; Carla Lockhart | 682 cc287-8 (Link to this contribution)
Yesterday, in the debate on the Agriculture Bill, Members heralded a new dawn for UK farmers. Lik...; Douglas Ross | 682 cc288-9 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the hon. Member for Upper Bann (Carla Lockhart) on an excellent speech. She spoke ...; Dave Doogan | 682 c289 (Link to this contribution)
I think I heard the hon. Gentleman correctly when he said that there was almost 50% support for B...; Douglas Ross | 682 c290 (Link to this contribution)
When 122 votes separate the difference between tens of thousands of votes in the Moray constituen...; Alistair Carmichael | 682 c290 (Link to this contribution)
I hope that the hon. Gentleman feels better for having got some of that off his chest. May I invi...; Douglas Ross | 682 c290 (Link to this contribution)
I was not in the Chamber when the Minister made her opening remarks. I think she may have thought...; Deidre Brock | 682 c290 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Douglas Ross | 682 c290 (Link to this contribution)
I will gladly give way to the hon. Lady, and hope that she has listened to my constructive critic...; Deidre Brock | 682 c290 (Link to this contribution)
There are always conditions attached to interventions when the hon. Gentleman allows them—very ma...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 682 c291 (Link to this contribution)
Order. We will be rather careful here. This is a narrow Bill, specifically about—; Deidre Brock | 682 c291 (Link to this contribution)
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I have just had to endure a personal attack from the h...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 682 c291 (Link to this contribution)
That is not a point of order for the Chair. I assume that every Member can take it when they are ...; Douglas Ross | 682 c291 (Link to this contribution)
Of course I will, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I will make a couple of points, if I may. The hon. La...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 682 c291 (Link to this contribution)
Order. I just want to check, in order to keep within my rules, that Moray does have fishing.; Douglas Ross | 682 cc291-2 (Link to this contribution)
The coastal communities on the coastline of Moray provide great opportunities for fishing in my c...; Dave Doogan | 682 cc292-3 (Link to this contribution)
I am very happy to follow the hon. Member for Moray (Douglas Ross).
I am extremely fortunat...; Douglas Ross | 682 c293 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. He just said that fishing would benefit from ...; Dave Doogan | 682 cc293-4 (Link to this contribution)
I am happy that the hon. Member for Moray is so quick to tell me what SNP policy is. Perhaps he w...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 682 c294 (Link to this contribution)
Order. Before I call the next speaker, may I explain something, because there seems to be some co...; Cherilyn Mackrory | 682 cc294-6 (Link to this contribution)
I will try to speak clearly with my new self-imposed time limit. It is a pleasure to follow right...; Alyn Smith | 682 cc296-7 (Link to this contribution)
I will speak to new clauses 1 to 7, which we tabled to try to improve this legislation. I spent 1...; Anthony Mangnall | 682 cc297-8 (Link to this contribution)
It is always a pleasure to be asked to speak briefly; brevity is one of my strengths, I am sure.<...; Jim Shannon | 682 cc298-300 (Link to this contribution)
I am no stranger to this issue—I live some 10 miles from the last working fishing village in the ...; Jacob Young | 682 c299 (Link to this contribution)
It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon); I agree with him ...; Lord Redwood | 682 cc299-301 (Link to this contribution)
I am almost seduced by Opposition amendment 1. It is an admirable idea that we should land more o...; Derek Thomas | 682 cc301-3 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to follow my right hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (John Redwood). It is fa...; Virginia Crosbie | 682 cc303-4 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for St Ives (Derek Thomas). The common fishe...; Peter Aldous | 682 cc304-6 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Ynys Môn (Virginia Crosbie).
In 20...; David Amess | 682 cc306-7 (Link to this contribution)
The Report stage of this Bill is an historic moment for our country—one that I have long sought t...; Robert Neill | 682 cc307-8 (Link to this contribution)
It is always a pleasure to follow my hon. and old Friend the Member for Southend West (Sir David ...; Alistair Carmichael | 682 c308 (Link to this contribution)
Does the hon. Gentleman share my concern that there is no provision for consultation of any sort ...; Robert Neill | 682 cc308-9 (Link to this contribution)
The short answer is that the right hon. Gentleman is right. It is not the right way to do this an...; Baroness Prentis of Banbury | 682 cc309-311 (Link to this contribution)
Well, the Chairman of the Select Committee, my hon. Friend the Member for Tiverton and Honiton (N...
Notes: Speaker's statement on 14 October at c353 that Queen's consent was required and signified to the Bill.
Subjects: Channel Islands Fees and charges Fisheries Licensing Exports Environment protection Health and safety Fishing catches Fishing vessels Powers Scotland Transport Quotas Seafish
Legislation: Fisheries Bill (HL) 2019-21
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on hansard.parliament.uk

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