You’ll be aware of our recently published White Paper, ‘Securing Wales’ Future’, I’m sure. That makes very clear that we need a fairer rebalancing of UK fishing quotas. Welsh vessels only hold about 1 per cent of the quotas in the Welsh areas of interest, and that simply is not good enough. We do expect the amount of fish available to Welsh vessels to increase.

The Secretary of State was very clear that he expected UK fishermen to have an increased share of the fishing opportunities in UK waters and I will ensure that Welsh fishermen receive their fair share. I work very closely with the fishing industry and we have made it very clear that we will continue to support them, because I think there are going to be many challenges ahead over the next couple of years, and there’s going to be some significant change. You’ll also be aware that, in the Queen’s Speech, it was suddenly announced there was going to be an agricultural Bill and a fisheries Bill. We had no knowledge of that. But, again, when I spoke to Michael Gove following the Queen’s Speech last Wednesday, I made it very clear that devolution must be respected and that joint decision making on UK-level issues is absolutely essential.