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Vol. 812 Wednesday No. 18 16 June 2021 PARLIAMENTARYDEBATES (HANSARD) HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICIAL REPORT ORDEROFBUSINESS Questions Fishing Industry ...........................................................................................................1883 Public Representatives: Online Abuse...........................................................................1887 Young People: Post-pandemic Employment .................................................................1890 China: Muslims ............................................................................................................1893 Digital Economy Act 2017 (Amendment) Bill [HL] First Reading.................................................................................................................1897 Front-loaded Child Benefit Bill [HL] First Reading.................................................................................................................1897 Business of the House Motion on Standing Orders ...........................................................................................1897 Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency Regulations 2021 Financial Markets and Insolvency (Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 Motions to Approve.......................................................................................................1899 Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] Second Reading.............................................................................................................1899 Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 Motion to Approve ........................................................................................................1948 Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 Motion to Approve........................................................................................................1971 Lords wishing to be supplied with these Daily Reports should give notice to this effect to the Printed Paper Office. 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The following abbreviations are used to show a Member’s party affiliation: Abbreviation Party/Group CB Cross Bench Con Conservative DUP Democratic Unionist Party GP Green Party Ind Lab Independent Labour Ind SD Independent Social Democrat Ind UU Independent Ulster Unionist Lab Labour Lab Co-op Labour and Co-operative Party LD Liberal Democrat LD Ind Liberal Democrat Independent Non-afl Non-affiliated PC Plaid Cymru UKIP UK Independence Party UUP Ulster Unionist Party No party affiliation is given for Members serving the House in a formal capacity, the Lords spiritual, Members on leave of absence or Members who are otherwise disqualified from sitting in the House. © Parliamentary Copyright House of Lords 2021, this publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament licence, which is published at www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/. 1883 Arrangement of Business [16 JUNE 2021] Fishing Industry 1884 House of Lords uplift in quota for UK fishers, which is estimated to be worth around £146 million for the whole UK fleet. Wednesday 16 June 2021 That is equal to just over 25% of the value of the The House met in a hybrid proceeding. average annual EU catch from UK waters and is being phased in over five years, with the majority of that 12 pm value being transferred this year. That applies to the whole of the United Kingdom. Prayers—read by the Lord Bishop of Leeds. Lord Woodley (Lab): My Lords, the sustainability Arrangement of Business of the fishing industry in the UK is of course a critical Announcement matter, as noble Lords will all agree. Does the Minister agree that the sustainability of the car industry is also 12.07 pm crucial to the economy of our country and join me in welcoming the Prime Minister’s statement that the The Lord Speaker (Lord McFall of Alcluith): My Government—in fact, both Houses—will do whatever Lords, the Hybrid Sitting of the House will now is necessary to make sure that the car plant in Ellesmere begin. Some Members are here in the Chamber and Port, my home town, is sustained? Will he join me in others are participating remotely, but all Members will wishing every success to the ongoing negotiations? be treated equally. I ask all Members to respect social distancing and wear face coverings while in the Chamber Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Con): I certainly except when speaking. If the capacity of the Chamber join the noble Lord and, no doubt, the whole House in is exceeded, I will immediately adjourn the House. wishing the greatest luck to our negotiators. On Oral Questions will now commence. Please can sustainability generally, I think the UK can say that those asking supplementary questions keep them to we are world leaders. We have 372 marine protected no longer than 30 seconds and confined to two points? areas, protecting nearly 40% of our waters; we have I ask that Ministers’ answers are also brief. created a new £500 million Blue Planet Fund; we have been one of the most active members of the Global Fishing Industry Ghost Gear Initiative; and, for UK waters, including Question our overseas territories, we now protect an area of water larger than India. 12.08 pm The Earl of Shrewsbury (Con): My Lords, my noble Asked by Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick friend will be aware of the hardships experienced by Toask Her Majesty’sGovernment what assessment our coastal fishermen and their families during the they have made of the sustainability of the fishing past couple of years. What financial and other support industry in the United Kingdom since 1 January. have the Government provided to assist those fishing businesses to invest in processing facilities, to enable The Minister of State, Department for the Environment, them to sell direct to the public? Food and Rural Affairs and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Con): My Lords, Park) (Con): My Lords, as a responsible independent the UK Government are absolutely committed to coastal state, we are committed to developing world-class investing in the seafood sector,and a range of government sustainable fisheries management, safeguarding stocks initiatives over several years has allowed the sector to and the environment for the long term. This is invest in its businesses, including investment in processing underpinned by the Fisheries Act 2020, which provides and marketing equipment that supports the expansion a framework for a UK-wide joint fisheries statement of markets both here and abroad. We also established and fisheries management plans. We remain committed the domestic seafood supply scheme last year and a to the principle of fishing at maximum sustainable partnership with Seafish on the consumer-facing and yield through the Act and to extending the number of highly successful Sea For Yourself campaign. stocks fished at MSY through negotiations with other coastal states. Lord Cameron of Dillington (CB) [V]: My Lords, what plans does Defra have to introduce restrictions Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Non-Afl) [V]: My on the fishing carried out in all our marine protected Lords, what assurances will the Minister provide to areas, with particular reference to those types of fishing Northern Ireland’s fishermen that their share of the which damage the ocean floor and its habitats? new or additional proportion of fishing quota secured by the UK from the EU as part of the trade and Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Con): My Lords, co-operation agreement will not be reduced from 2022 a new by-law power in the Fisheries Act 2020 allows onwards, and that the Government will look towards the Marine Management Organisation to protect offshore restoring a share of this new quota in line with Northern MPAs from damaging fishing activity, and work on Ireland’sfixed-quota allocation share, as well as protecting this has already begun. In February, it launched all those—[Inaudible.] consultation on proposals to better manage activity in four of England’s offshore MPAs: the Canyons; Dogger Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Con): My Lords, Bank; Inner Dowsing, Race Bank and North Ridge; the UK-EU trade and co-operation agreement, covering and South Dorset. The aim is for by-laws for these the whole of the United Kingdom, provides a significant sites to be in place this year. The MMO is developing 1885 Fishing Industry [LORDS] Fishing Industry 1886 [LORD GOLDSMITH OF RICHMOND PARK] funding that I mentioned in response to the previous an ambitious programme for assessing more sites and question, we have delivered our manifesto commitment implementing more by-laws to manage fishing activity to maintain fisheries funding by allocating £32.7 million in all our offshore MPAs. at the spending review to support the seafood sector. This is equivalent to the average annual amount delivered