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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Iceland regarding access to Icelandic fishing waters for UK fishers following the end of the transition period.

Defra officials engage regularly with their Icelandic counterparts across a wide variety of policy issues. Recent discussions have focused on enhancing bilateral fisheries cooperation with Iceland through the UK-Iceland Joint Vision for 2030, as well as other fisheries management matters within the North-East Atlantic. The UK’s relationship with Iceland is likely to evolve further as the UK goes forward as an independent coastal State.