Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 91570
Fishing Vessels: Licensing
Tabled: 17 November 2025
Answered: 24 November 2025
Question
Pippa Heylings
Liberal Democrat — South Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to bring forward legislation to formalise the license variation requiring English fishing vessels under 12m to operate iVMS while at sea.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleA Statutory Instrument is scheduled to be laid once the Marine Management Organisation's rollout of IVMS has concluded.