Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made on negotiations on access for Falkand Islands fisheries to EU markets.
UK negotiations with the EU have now concluded. During the negotiations, the UK Government made clear to the EU from the outset that our mandate included the UK's Overseas Territories, but the EU maintained it had no mandate to negotiate a future relationship with the Overseas Territories. As a result, tariffs now apply on exports from the Overseas Territories to the EU. The Government is fully committed to working with the Falkland Islands Government to mitigate against the impact of tariffs, as well as taking up the benefits of the UK's independent trade policy.