Sandeels: Conservation
Commons · Question 27295 · Tabled 29 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of precedents for unilateral environmental measures in trade agreements on the sandeel fishing ban within the Trade and Cooperatio
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 4 Feb 2025
The arbitration process pertaining to the dispute brought by the EU against the UK prohibition of fishing for sandeel, and our consideration of the issues, is presently ongoing. We will fully consider the tribunal’s report and the impacts of it in due cou...