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1438560

registered interest
date	07/03/2022
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Fisheries: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for sustainable fishing and fisheries science in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	135468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>My office engages regularly with other Government Departments at official and Ministerial level.</p><p>Through the Scottish Seafood Industry Action Group, Ministers discuss a wide range of issues that are of interest to the fishing industry, with the Industry itself.</p><p>Sustainable fishing underpins our approach to managing our fish stocks, the advice we get from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has guided our decisions on Total Allowable Catch during the recent fisheries negotiations.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 14/03/2022 14:22:28 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1280877

registered interest
date	27/01/2021
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Fisheries: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps his Department has taken to support the Scottish fishing sector.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	911226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>Since well before the end of the Transition Period, My office has been in daily contact with the Scottish seafood industry to help identify and resolve issues with exports and will continue to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Last week, the Prime Minister announced a £23 million support fund to help with losses directly related to these issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banff and Buchan answering member printed David Duguid question first answered 27/01/2021 14:40:17 answering member 4606 label Biography information for David Duguid
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1280878

registered interest
date	27/01/2021
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Fisheries: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effect of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on the Scottish fishing industry.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	911230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>Leaving the EU means we have left the Common Fisheries Policy and are now recognised as an independent coastal state – something the EU refused to recognise until very late in the negotiations.</p><p>The agreement allows for a transfer of 25% of quota, previously caught by EU vessels in our waters, to UK fishermen.</p><p>The agreement also provides for tariff-free access to the EU market for Scotland’s fantastic fisheries products.</p> answering member constituency Banff and Buchan answering member printed David Duguid question first answered 27/01/2021 14:39:23 answering member 4606 label Biography information for David Duguid
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1273444

registered interest
date	30/12/2020
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: Scotland
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 share Scotland will receive of the £100m funding for the UK fishing industry announced by the Prime Minister on 30 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	132982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>The PM confirmed during his press conference on Christmas Eve that UK fishing communities will be helped with a £100 million programme to modernise their fleets and the fish processing industry. This funding will directly benefit the seafood sector in Scotland and throughout the United Kingdom.</p><p>.</p><p>We will set out more detail on this programme in due course.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 132983 question first answered 14/01/2021 16:32:04 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1232635

registered interest
date	09/09/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Fisheries: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support the Scottish fishing sector.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Gary Sambrook
uin	905562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>My Department meets with representatives of the Scottish fishing sector on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of 2020, we will be out of the Common Fisheries Policy and will take back control of our waters.</p><p> </p><p>We have also guaranteed to maintain funding throughout this Parliament to support both our fishermen and the regeneration of our coastal communities across all four of the UK’s nations.</p> answering member constituency Banff and Buchan answering member printed David Duguid question first answered 09/09/2020 14:02:49 answering member 4606 label Biography information for David Duguid
tabling member	4760 label Biography information for Gary Sambrook

1200014

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Fisheries: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps his Department has taken with other Government Departments to develop UK fishing policy for when the transition period ends.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	54212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>Under the devolution settlement, fisheries policy is largely a devolved matter, however, I and my Department are in regular contact with Defra and other government departments to ensure that Scottish fishing interests have been and continue to be clearly represented. The Transition Period will not be extended. At the end of this year, for the first time in 40 years, we will be free to decide who can access our waters and on what terms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banff and Buchan answering member printed David Duguid question first answered 12/06/2020 10:42:38 answering member 4606 label Biography information for David Duguid
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1200015

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Fisheries: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps officials in his Department have taken with officials in (a) other Government departments and (b) the Scottish Government to ensure that Fisheries Protection Scotland is fully prepared to prevent illegal incursions into UK waters around Scotland after the UK has left the Common Fisheries Policy.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	54213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>Fisheries protection and enforcement is a devolved matter in Scotland but the UK Government is very aware that its effectiveness is dependent upon close cooperation between the fisheries protection and other maritime security functions of the UK Government, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the NI Executive. Officials in the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland have helped facilitate that close cooperation.</p> answering member constituency Banff and Buchan answering member printed David Duguid question first answered 12/06/2020 10:44:00 answering member 4606 label Biography information for David Duguid
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1169347

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Fisheries: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with representatives of the fishing sector in Scotland on the (a) employment of foreign crews and (b) Tier 2 status.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	900093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2020 answer text <p>I am in regular contact with representatives from the fisheries sector in Scotland on a range of issues, including the challenges they face with recruitment.</p><p>The Hon. Member will be aware that the Government is currently designing a new immigration system, and it’s important that the new system takes account of the needs of all regions and sectors of the economy, including those of our fishing industry and coastal communities.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 08/01/2020 15:09:50 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1136881

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Fisheries: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's announcement of 3 July 2019 on specialist life vests to improve fishing safety, how much of the additional £700,000 in funding will be allocated to the Scottish Government to administer safety training.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	273395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Fishing Industry Safety Group Strategy and the Government aims to eliminate preventable deaths in fishing in the UK by 2027. The funding is therefore available to all UK fishermen and will be administered by Trinity House. Officials will be meeting with representatives from the National Federations, including the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation to develop the funding proposals</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 273396 273397 question first answered 09/07/2019 13:40:37 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1136882

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Fisheries: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's announcement of 3 July 2019 on specialist life vests to improve fishing safety, what proportion of the additional £700,000 in funding will be allocated to the Scottish Government to administer.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	273396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Fishing Industry Safety Group Strategy and the Government aims to eliminate preventable deaths in fishing in the UK by 2027. The funding is therefore available to all UK fishermen and will be administered by Trinity House. Officials will be meeting with representatives from the National Federations, including the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation to develop the funding proposals</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 273395 273397 question first answered 09/07/2019 13:40:37 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara