Fisheries Bill [HL]

My Lords, we very much come back to something that is completely fundamental to the concept of th...

My Lords, I have a great deal of sympathy with the concept of the amendment from the noble Lord, ...

My Lords, I speaking to Amendment 1, I will speak also to Amendments 4 to 6. What concerns me abo...

My Lords, I was very interested to hear the reasons the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, gave for bring...

Lord Mackay of Clashfern. No? I call the noble Earl, Lord Caithness.

My Lords, I am sorry that my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay of Clashfern is not able to joi...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Teverson has set out the reasons for this amendment, which we deba...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for raising this issue again, following...

Shall we try again to see if we can get the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay of Clashfern? Lor...

My Lords, this proposal’s reference to “the United Kingdom” requires consideration, given the mat...

My Lords, I am grateful the noble Lord for his amendment and to all noble Lords who have taken pa...

I have received a request from the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, to speak after the Minister.

Can my noble friend the Minister comment on what the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, sa...

On the noble Baroness’s intention, we do not think that it would be helpful to the fishing indust...

My Lords, I thank everybody, particularly the Minister, for their contributions.

I am sure ...

Moved by

Lord Krebs

2: Clause 1, page 1, line 12, leave out subsection (2) and insert...

I remind noble Lords that Members other than the mover of an amendment and the Minister may speak...

My Lords, we spent a great deal of time discussing sustainability during earlier stages of the Bi...

My Lords, I lend my support to this amendment. There is a certain attraction in having one object...

My Lords, I support the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Krebs. I know that my local...

My Lords, I have listened carefully to the arguments made by the proponents of the amendment and ...

My Lords, I fully support Amendment 2, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, and others. It ...

My Lords, it is probably my naivety, but it seems to me that Amendment 2 is one of those amendmen...

I think we have lost the noble Lord. We will go on to the next speaker and perhaps come back to h...

My Lords, a large number of noble Lords are taking part in this important debate on Amendments 2 ...

My Lords, as previous speakers have said, this is a fundamental part of the Bill, and I feel very...

I support Amendment 2 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Krebs. The end of our participation in ...

My Lords, I am very glad to have the opportunity to contribute on Report. I declare an interest i...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of Cradley, has withdrawn, so I now call the noble and...

My Lords, this amendment is of considerable importance. It seeks to set aside all the other objec...

My Lords, the common fisheries policy was certainly flawed at times in its execution, but it had ...

The noble Lord, Lord McConnell, speaks with great knowledge and wisdom on the pressures brought b...

My Lords, this has been a very interesting debate. My instinct is to support this amendment whole...

My Lords, if I may just respond first to the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, this amendment does exac...

My Lords, I am pleased to have added my name to Amendment 2 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord K...

Before I call the Minister, I shall call the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Dillington, who was not ...

My Lords, what an interesting debate. I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, for initiating...

My Lords, my reference to the Marine (Scotland) Act was really trying to say that the authorities...

I would say to the noble Lord, Lord Cameron, that there have now been many iterations of the Bill...

My Lords, I thank all who have taken part in this important debate; we have heard some interestin...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 3. I remind noble Lords that Members other than ...

Moved by

Lord Krebs

3: Clause 1, page 2, line 17, leave out subsection (6) and insert...

My Lords, I hope and expect that this amendment will not take as long as Amendment 2, so I will b...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, on bringing forward this amendment, which I ...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, has put this very succinctly. I have concerns, not just abo...

My Lords, I like this amendment very much. The noble Lord, Lord Krebs, has managed to write out a...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, for tabling the amendment and for succinct...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, for this amendment, because it provides me...

I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate. I think that we are all agreed ...

Moved by

Lord Mackay of Clashfern

4: Clause 1, page 2, line 29, leave out subsection ...

I remind noble Lords that Members other than the mover of an amendment and the Minister may speak...

My Lords, I listened with a certain amount of concern to what the noble Lord, Lord Hain, said abo...

My Lords, Amendment 23 in my name is in this group. It and Amendment 4 are grouped together becau...

My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Hain, I agree that the common fisheries policy, under the Eur...

My Lords, I apologise to my noble friend the Minister for not being able to take part in the Seco...

My Lords, I thank my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay of Clashfern for bringing forward Amend...

My Lords, I do not have very strong opinions on these amendments or the way in which they are dra...

My Lords, I am highly satisfied with that answer and with pleasure I beg leave to withdraw my ame...

Moved by

Lord Mackay of Clashfern

5: Clause 1, page 2, line 35, at end insert—

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We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 5. I remind noble Lords that Members other than...

My Lords, this amendment is intended to focus on the need to consider the workforce in the fishin...

My Lords, I support the principles behind the amendment moved by the noble and learned Lord, Lord...

My Lords, I too support the amendments and thank my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay of Clash...

My Lords, I join my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay and other noble Lords in paying tribute ...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendments 5 and 6. As all noble Lords have said, the fishing ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, for tabling thes...

My Lords, I am grateful for my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay’s proposed amendments on two ...

I am very happy to withdraw Amendment 5, and not to move Amendment 6. I thank the Minister for he...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

7: Clause 2, page 3, line 6, at end insert—

My Lords, I will speak also to Amendment 53, tabled in my name. Amendment 7 would require a joint...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, for tabling Amendments 7 and 53. ...

My Lords, I too thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, for bringing forward these tw...

Do we have the noble Lord, Lord Randall of Uxbridge? We do not seem to. Perhaps we will try to ge...

My Lords, you are going too quickly; the unmute button did not come on, but I have got it now.