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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...