Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 27295

Sandeels: Conservation

Tabled: 29 January 2025

Answered: 4 February 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of precedents for unilateral environmental measures in trade agreements on the sandeel fishing ban within the Trade and Cooperatio

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

The arbitration process pertaining to the dispute brought by the EU against the UK prohibition of fishing for sandeel, and our consideration of the issues, is presently ongoing. We will fully consider the tribunal’s report and the impacts of it in due cou...

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