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Sandeels: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the European Union on the compatibility of the UK sandeel fishing ban with the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 30 Jan 2025
Answer: 13 Feb 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

28 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the European Union on the compatibility of the UK sandeel fishing ban with the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
30 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Feb 2025
Answer published
The EU has raised a dispute that the UK’s decision to prohibit fishing for sandeel within UK waters is not compliant with the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). The UK is defending its decision. The dispute proceedings are ongoing.

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