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Written Question
Fisheries
Thursday 1st February 2024

Asked by: Sheryll Murray (Conservative - South East Cornwall)

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 with Cabinet colleagues to support fishing communities.

Answered by Mark Spencer

We are supporting fishing communities by:

  • Negotiating quotas of 750,000 tonnes to fish in 2024, an 80,000 tonne increase compared to 2023 which will deliver an up to £70 million boost for our fishing industry.
  • And we are going even further, by developing new fisheries for species like Bluefin Tuna, and providing £100 million through the UK Seafood Fund.
Written Question
Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
Thursday 25th May 2023

Asked by: Sheryll Murray (Conservative - South East Cornwall)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the Seasonal Worker visa on the adequacy of the number of people available to fill seasonal farming roles.

Answered by Mark Spencer

This Government is committed to ensuring that the farming sector has the labour it needs to support food security, including supporting domestic workers and skills, and investment in automation.

We commissioned the Independent Review into Labour Shortages in the Food Supply Chain to consider how we can further support this, and look forward to receiving the report by the summer.

As set out at the recent UK Farm to Fork Summit, we will make 45,000 Seasonal Worker visas available for 2023 and 2024, with an additional 10,000 if needed.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Jun 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"3. What steps he is taking to help increase farm profitability. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Jun 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"My farmers are seeing rising production costs, from increases in fertiliser costs, feed prices going up, the price of red diesel agriculture fuel doubling and increasing labour costs because of low availability of labour in the south-west. Those pressures will increase food prices further or see farms go to the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Jun 2022
Inshore Fishing Fleet

"Thank you very much, Sir Charles; it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. This debate is timely, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall) for securing it. It is an honour to speak up today on behalf of an industry that …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Jun 2022
Inshore Fishing Fleet

"I assure the hon. Gentleman that my late husband was adequately able to estimate his catch. Of course a lay person could not, but fishermen get used to it, so please do not misrepresent them. I know that they could grade their fish within a certain criteria and would know …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Jan 2022
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"T3. Can my right hon. Friend confirm that there will be financial support to help upgrade fishing vessels and ready them for five and a half years’ time, when the TCA agreement with the EU ends, in particular our inshore commercial fleet, such as those operating from the port of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Dec 2021
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"5. What steps the Church of England is taking to support family relationships, parenting and marriage. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Dec 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank my hon. Friend for that answer. I also thank my local vicar, Michael Brown, who came to Westminster to play an active role in my own wedding, for all he does in the parish. What more can we do, as politicians, to recognise these often unsung heroes of …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 02 Dec 2021
Pet Travel

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered pet travel.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ali, and I thank the Backbench Business Committee for allowing this important debate. I declare an interest: I am co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on cats. I thank …..."
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