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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to introduce legislative proposals for statutory fisheries regulation to ensure a UK competitive advantage over the EU after the UK leaves the EU.

The Fisheries Bill will provide the framework for the UK to take control of our fisheries and to deliver much needed reforms that better suit our fishing industries.

The Withdrawal Act ensures that that we have fully workable regimes in place from Day 1 and the Fisheries Bill will provide England with the necessary tools to deliver much needed reforms once we leave the EU.