Fisheries and Nature Conservation: Trade Agreements
Commons · Question 35032 · Tabled 3 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to report on the (a) adequacy of and (b) potential impact of new free trade agreements on (i) fishing stocks, (ii) fishing fleets, (iii) nature conservati
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 11 Mar 2025
It is always the UK’s intention to enter into FTA negotiations seeking ambitious outcomes with regard to the sustainability and conservation of fish stocks and wider marine environment. The Department for Business and Trade’s impact assessments set out th...