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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 04 Dec 2018
Fisheries Bill (First sitting)

"Q Gentlemen, notwithstanding the desire to have a date of sovereignty in the Bill, which may or may not be possible, in general terms are you content with the Bill?

Barrie Deas: Yes, I think the broad thrust of the Bill goes in the right direction. We have some …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 04 Dec 2018
Fisheries Bill (First sitting)

"Q The processing industry accounts for more than 50% of those employed in the fishing industry as a whole. Is there anything in the Bill that gives you concern that the security of those 14,000-plus jobs could be affected, or is there anything that gives you concern about the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 29 Nov 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Can the Secretary of State update the House on how his Department is working with the devolved Administrations to adopt common approaches to fisheries management to preserve UK vessels’ right to fish in the waters around all four home nations?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 21 Nov 2018
Fisheries Bill

"indicated assent...."
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Written Question
Fisheries
Wednesday 12th September 2018

Asked by: Bill Grant (Conservative - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK has more control of its fishing waters after the UK leaves the EU.

Answered by George Eustice

After leaving the EU, the UK will become an independent coastal state under international law (UN Convention on the Law of the Sea) and will have the right to control and manage access to fish in UK waters out to 200 nautical miles or the median line.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Jul 2018
Uncontrolled Shark Fishing in the Atlantic

"I understand that the International Union for Conservation of Nature classes sharks simply as “vulnerable”. Does my hon. Friend agree that, as a result of the demand he is clearly pointing out, further action is required to afford greater protection to all the shark species that inhabit UK and Scottish …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 02 Jul 2018
Pet Theft

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. I thank the hon. Member for Hartlepool (Mike Hill) for securing this debate and the Petitions Committee for tabling it. The petition, which was started by the Stolen and Missing Pets Alliance, has secured more than 100,000 signatures. That …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 04 Jun 2018
Fur Trade

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I thank the hon. Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner) for securing this important debate.

The UK Government can be proud of their record on animal welfare, and of the fact that this country is a world leader in that …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 21 May 2018
Sale of Puppies

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Austin. I congratulate the hon. Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (Martyn Day) on introducing the debate. Let me give some background about myself. I am from a family of dog lovers. Our first pet was from the Scottish SPCA. …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 02 May 2018
Reduction of Plastic Waste in the Marine Environment

"It is, as ever, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. In passing, I wonder whether the Triumph car lasted as long as the crisp bag with the promotion for it. I suspect not.

I welcome the debate, at a time when the Government are already being proactive …..."
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