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1240434

	registered interest
	date	05/10/2020
	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	Fishery Agreements: Norway
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the negotiation of the first annual agreement with Norway within the new fisheries framework to set total allowable catches, agree access arrangements to fish in each other’s waters, and agree quota shares will be concluded by 1 January 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	99095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The UK-Norway fisheries framework agreement provides a legal framework for annual negotiations between the UK and Norway. These negotiations will concern the exchange of quota between the parties and access to waters. There will be no setting of total allowable catches in this bilateral forum.</p><p> </p><p>Separately, a number of North Sea stocks now fall to be jointly managed by the UK, Norway and the EU. Accordingly, separate trilateral discussions will be needed to establish trilateral governance arrangements for these stocks.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s bilateral negotiations with Norway and trilateral negotiations with Norway and the EU will both take place later this year. Exact timings for these negotiations are still to be confirmed, but the UK aims to conclude them in enough time to provide certainty for industry ahead of the 2021 fishing year.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 99094 question first answered 12/10/2020 10:10:07 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1240410

	registered interest
	date	05/10/2020
	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	Fishery Agreements: Norway
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when negotiations on the first annual agreement with Norway within the new fisheries framework to set total allowable catches, agree access arrangements to fish in each other’s waters, and agree quota shares will begin.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	99094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The UK-Norway fisheries framework agreement provides a legal framework for annual negotiations between the UK and Norway. These negotiations will concern the exchange of quota between the parties and access to waters. There will be no setting of total allowable catches in this bilateral forum.</p><p> </p><p>Separately, a number of North Sea stocks now fall to be jointly managed by the UK, Norway and the EU. Accordingly, separate trilateral discussions will be needed to establish trilateral governance arrangements for these stocks.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s bilateral negotiations with Norway and trilateral negotiations with Norway and the EU will both take place later this year. Exact timings for these negotiations are still to be confirmed, but the UK aims to conclude them in enough time to provide certainty for industry ahead of the 2021 fishing year.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 99095 question first answered 12/10/2020 10:10:07 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1238827

	registered interest
	date	29/09/2020
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to reply to the joint letter of 29 July 2020 from the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle, the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North and the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull East on funding for a replacement vessel for the North Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	97009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>I apologise for the delay in responding to the hon. Members. Defra is currently dealing with high volumes of correspondence due to COVID-19. A reply will be sent to the hon. Members in due course.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 07/10/2020 16:08:18 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1226936

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	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: Iceland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Icelandic counterpart on access to Icelandic waters for British fisherman as the UK becomes an independent coastal state.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	77786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>Defra officials engage regularly with their Icelandic counterparts across a wide variety of policy issues. Recent discussions have focused on the UK’s application for membership of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC), fisheries management matters within the North-East Atlantic, and enhancing UK-Iceland cooperation through the recently signed Joint Vision for 2030. The UK’s fisheries relationship with Iceland is likely to evolve further as the UK goes forward as an independent coastal State.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 01/09/2020 11:14:55 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1217618

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2020
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Norweigan counterpart on fishing arrangements in any EU-Norway trade agreement, and how the UK interests in regard to the distant fishing fleet are being protected.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	64298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2020 answer text <p>The UK has held constructive discussions with Norway regarding a fisheries framework agreement and separate discussions on a trade agreement. Those agreements remain completely separate.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to our future fisheries relationship, we have held several rounds of positive and constructive discussions with Norway, and we look forward to concluding the UK-Norway fisheries agreement in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 03/07/2020 11:20:40 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1190983

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2020
	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	Angling: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether angling is a permissible activity during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	41156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>Every citizen must stay alert to protect the NHS and save lives. From Wednesday 13 May, angling can resume in England, as long as participants are with their household or on their own and follow social distancing guidance.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 12/05/2020 09:46:12 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1470249

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2022
	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	Marine Environment: North East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2022 to Question 127313, on Marine Environment: North East, how many further mass deaths of aquatic life have been recorded in the same region since that date, when he plans to publish detailed results of that investigation; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	18024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>Pursuant to my Answer of 25 February 2022 to Question 127313, I can confirm that following a multi-agency response, our report of the investigation has been published, and is available at <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fjoint-agency-investigation-into-teesside-and-yorkshire-coast-crab-and-lobster-mortalities&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMarineandFisheries%40defra.gov.uk%7Cc86e86495f7b418794bf08da4ec67839%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637908911901825861%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2B2%2BVEhFD6mWKzJqxtBBpZ2SouUJy68x2GCwJ0awjQHc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/joint-agency-investigation-into-teesside-and-yorkshire-coast-crab-and-lobster-mortalities</a>.</p><p> </p><p>No single, consistent causative factor was identified, but a harmful algal bloom present in the area coincident with the event was considered significant and identified as the most likely cause.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is continuing to work closely with authorities including those in the North East to continue to monitor the situation. Local reports of new, recent incidents are being investigated and the situation is being carefully monitored.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/06/2022 08:58:37 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1308190

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	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 and Minerals: Norway
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Norwegian counterpart on fishing quotas in the Svalbard Special Protection Zone; and what steps the Government is taking as a signatory to the Treaty of Paris to preserve rights to (a) fish and (b) minerals in that zone.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	179413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The UK’s long held position regarding the application of the Treaty of Paris to the maritime zones of Svalbard is well known to Norway. Under the Treaty, access to the resources of the maritime zones of Svalbard are to be managed by Norway in a non-discriminatory manner.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is continuing to discuss the issues with Norway, and would like to provide longer-term certainty for industry on their fishing rights.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 15/04/2021 11:44:35 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1305302

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2021
	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: Quotas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release, UK agrees fishing catch limits with EU and Norway, published on 16 March 2021, what proportion of the approximately 25,000 tonnes of unallocated Arctic Cod quota the UK will attempt to acquire for the UK far fishing fleet.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	174250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The press release of 16 March 2021 relates to the trilateral agreement between the UK, Norway, and the EU on catch limits for the six jointly managed stocks in the North Sea.</p><p> </p><p>The UK remains in discussion with Norway on possible bilateral quota exchanges for 2021 across a range of stocks, including Arctic stocks. In conducting these discussions, the Government considers the interests of the entire UK fleet.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 13/04/2021 13:37:54 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1289630

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2021
	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	Aquariums: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether aquariums are included among the indoor attractions that will be able to open in Step 3 of the roadmap for reopening announced on 22 February 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	158183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government announced on 22 February 2021 that outdoor attractions including the outdoor parts of zoos and aquariums will be able to reopen from, at the earliest, 12 April 2021. The remaining indoor parts of zoos and aquariums will be able to reopen from, at the earliest, 17 May 2021.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 01/03/2021 17:53:15 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy