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1697268

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fisheries: Sustainable Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the UK fishing industry to ensure sustainable management of UK fishing waters and the livelihoods of British fishermen.
tabling member printed	Lord Hay of Ballyore
uin	HL3390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2024 answer text <p>We are ensuring the sustainable management of UK fishing waters and livelihoods of British fishers by developing Fisheries Management Plans and through the £100m UK Seafood Fund, which has provided £3.9m in grant funding to projects in Northern Ireland. This includes a £2.8m project at Portavogie Harbour that will replace and enhance the existing boat cradle and winch.</p> answering member printed Lord Douglas-Miller question first answered 03/04/2024 12:58:36 answering member 5006 label Biography information for Lord Douglas-Miller
tabling member	4352 label Biography information for Lord Hay of Ballyore

1697269

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Import Controls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to dismantle the border control posts at UK ports, following the publication of Safeguarding the Union in January (CP 1021).
tabling member printed	Lord Hay of Ballyore
uin	HL3391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2024 answer text <p>SPS facilities have always been necessary under all scenarios, as the Government has made clear, in order to administer red lane checks on goods moving on into the EU. This is reflected in the fact that the plans were brought forward, and the business case for the facilities was being prepared, during the passage of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill.</p> answering member printed Lord Douglas-Miller question first answered 08/04/2024 10:32:13 answering member 5006 label Biography information for Lord Douglas-Miller
tabling member	4352 label Biography information for Lord Hay of Ballyore

1682666

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fisheries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the UK is actively enforcing its fishing rights.
tabling member printed	Lord Hay of Ballyore
uin	HL1636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>As an independent coastal state, the UK has full responsibility over how it ensures compliance in its fisheries. All fishing vessels in UK waters are required to fish in accordance with UK laws and the conditions of their licences. As control and enforcement is a devolved matter, Defra, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive work together to share information and ensure a coordinated approach to monitoring, compliance and enforcement across UK waters.</p> answering member printed Lord Douglas-Miller question first answered 22/01/2024 18:00:00 answering member 5006 label Biography information for Lord Douglas-Miller
tabling member	4352 label Biography information for Lord Hay of Ballyore

1674197

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fisheries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the UK is actively enforcing its fishing rights.
tabling member printed	Lord Hay of Ballyore
uin	HL704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2023 answer text <p>As an independent coastal state, the UK has full responsibility over how it ensures compliance in its fisheries. All fishing vessels in UK waters are required to fish in accordance with UK laws and the conditions of their licences. As control and enforcement is a devolved matter, Defra, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive work together to share information and ensure a coordinated approach to monitoring, compliance and enforcement across UK waters.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 08/12/2023 14:07:48 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4352 label Biography information for Lord Hay of Ballyore

1363769

registered interest
date	26/10/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Vacancies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with representatives of (1) haulage companies, and (2) other organisations involved in the goods supply chain, about recent disruptions to the UK supply networks.
tabling member printed	Lord Hay of Ballyore
uin	HL3436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>Over recent months the Government, predominantly through the Department for Transport and Defra, has had a sustained dialogue with haulage companies and other organisations involved in the goods supply chain, as well as ministers and officials in the Devolved Administrations. This has included ministerial and industry roundtables, industry summits and tailored workshops.</p><p> </p><p>Through this dialogue, we have been able to strengthen communication between government and industry and discuss issues and solutions, on a range of matters that have the potential to cause disruption to UK supply networks, especially with regard to the supply of food. This includes logistics issues at ports of entry for goods entering the UK, labour shortages across the supply chain (particularly lorry drivers), and the domestic supply of carbon dioxide.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 09/11/2021 15:49:06 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4352 label Biography information for Lord Hay of Ballyore

1342052

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fisheries: Norway
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential bilateral fisheries agreement between the UK and Norway.
tabling member printed	Lord Hay of Ballyore
uin	HL1529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government's assessment following the conclusions of all fisheries negotiations for 2021 was delivered in a written ministerial statement to both Houses on 10 June.</p><p> </p><p>The UK looks forward to bilateral discussions with Norway this autumn with a view to concluding fisheries arrangements for 2022. We will develop our negotiation priorities based on the scientific advice and will be engaging stakeholders over the coming months.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 13/07/2021 16:18:51 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4352 label Biography information for Lord Hay of Ballyore

1331606

registered interest
date	09/06/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agricultural Products: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their most recent assessment of the proportion of goods consignments from the rest of the United Kingdom to Northern Ireland that contain agri-food products.
tabling member printed	Lord Hay of Ballyore
uin	HL943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>In 2018, external purchases of all goods (including agrifood) into Northern Ireland totalled approximately £17 billion. Of that total, £10.4 billion (approximately 60%) came from Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>At present, the Government estimates that agrifood trade from Great Britain to Northern Ireland totals approximately £2.5–£3.4 billion per annum.</p><p> </p><p>These two metrics cannot be directly compared, but the Government believes that by value, the proportion of goods consignments from the rest of the United Kingdom to Northern Ireland that contain agri-food products could range from approximately one quarter to one third.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 23/06/2021 12:44:42 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4352 label Biography information for Lord Hay of Ballyore