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Fishing Vessels: Licensing

Commons · Question 91570 · Tabled 17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 24 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Pippa Heylings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to bring forward legislation to formalise the license variation requiring English fishing vessels under 12m to operate iVMS while at sea.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 24 Nov 2025

A Statutory Instrument is scheduled to be laid once the Marine Management Organisation's rollout of IVMS has concluded.