"My hon. Friend is again quoting from the expert witnesses that came before us. Will he confirm that one of the ideas for fairer distribution of quotas was to regenerate coastal towns such as Hartlepool and regenerate their fishing communities?..." Mike Hill - View Speech
"Would moving the period to five not mean that the Government of the day were accountable for actions they had taken, rather than leaving it to a sixth year, when potentially it would be a different Government and it could trigger a new way of assessing things? It could be …..." Mike Hill - View Speech
"As I recall, the Government considered it important that such health and safety provisions apply to vessels coming into our waters post-Brexit. Does my hon. Friend agree that that makes it doubly important that we include these issues in the Bill?..." Mike Hill - View Speech
"Q This is a bit of a repeat, but are you in favour of redistributing quotas more fairly to under-10s?
Rebecca Newsom: Yes we are, but we want to stress that the way to achieve that is through introducing transparent and objective environmental and social criteria that all fleets …..." Mike Hill - View Speech
"Q Do you think that would have a positive economic impact on localities such as Hartlepool, where we hardly have a fleet but where the fleet could grow given a fairer distribution of quotas?
Rebecca Newsom: Absolutely. I refer the Committee back to the evidence from Jerry Percy on …..." Mike Hill - View Speech
"Q I have one last question on climate change, which is hardly mentioned in the Bill. Are the provisions adequate to abide by international climate change obligations? What are the implications of climate change for fish stocks and marine ecosystems?
"That was an interesting answer to the question I was going to ask. I was going to ask you to clarify the position that the only way to redistribute quota fairly, if I heard you right, is to break the hold of the larger fishers and bring fisheries back into …..." Mike Hill - View Speech
"Q I represent Hartlepool, which is one of those coastal communities affected long ago by unfair quotas for under-10s. There is an argument that our industry could be revived if fairer quotas were allocated. In your opinion, how many ports would benefit from an uplift in quotas?
"Q I get the impression from representatives from the larger fleets that they would oppose quota redistribution. What arguments are there against that?
Jerry Percy: Well, why should they get more? To an extent, it is based on greed. They already have approximately 98% of access to the quota, …..." Mike Hill - View Speech
"Q On the point you made about IVMS, would that extend to what I consider to be leisure fishing craft as well?
Phil Haslam: There will be a cut-off of who actually gets fitted with it, because the point is to try to develop a picture of what is …..." Mike Hill - View Speech