Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 13107
Fisheries: Territorial Waters
Tabled: 6 November 2024
Answered: 12 November 2024
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing (a) provenance and (b) tax tests to prevent vessels with foreign owners from flying a UK flag of convenience when c
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe Government is not considering the introduction of provenance and tax tests on owners of British fishing boats. These vessels are already required to provide genuine economic benefits to the UK through the economic link licence conditions.