Written questions

Sandeels: Conservation

Commons · Question 27037 · Tabled 28 Jan 2025 · Attorney General · Official record

Answered 5 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Solicitor General, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the UK’s compliance with the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the EU in relation to the ban on sandeel fishing.

Answer

Answered by Lucy Rigby, 5 Feb 2025

Paragraph 21.27 of Erskine May states:“By long-standing convention, observed by successive Governments, the fact of, and substance of advice from, the law officers of the Crown is not disclosed outside government. This convention is referred to in paragra...