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Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 15 June 2026

Debate

World Ocean Day

Contribution

I would say absolutely not; we have not given up at all. We are aware that there are still decisions to be made on fisheries management, particularly around measures for the highly protected marine areas, which I am sure the fishing industry is looking at and waiting for very closely. We are going to be looking at this through a very clear evidence-based approach, and we will be making a decision shortly. The key thing is that we have been working very closely with fishers and have been talking to people impacted by this, because it is a complex area where you are looking at the needs of fishermen and the fact that we want to eat fish in this country, compared with how we manage our environment and particularly our marine protected areas. So it is something we are working through at the moment.

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