We continue to have regular conversations with ministerial colleagues across Government on all aspects of exiting the EU, including on fisheries policy.<\/p>
The Government has been absolutely clear that as we leave the EU, we will be become an independent coastal state. For the first time in more than 40 years, we will introduce our own independent fisheries policy and decide who can fish in our waters, and on what terms.<\/p>
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The Government\u2019s response to the Heseltine review<\/em> (Cm 8587, March 2013) stated that the Government would support local authorities that wish to create a combined authority or implement other forms of collaboration (for example, shared management), and would also support local authorities that wished to have a directly-elected conurbation mayor.<\/p> <\/p> The Government is open to discuss proposals from any areas on the scope to further decentralise in England, where there is both strong governance and the capacity and capability to deliver on driving economic growth. A directly-elected mayor may be one element of such a case. There is no \u2018one-size-fits-all\u2019 solution.<\/p> <\/p>