8. Brexit Party Debate: Fisheries

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:05 pm on 29 January 2020.

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Photo of David Rowlands David Rowlands UKIP 6:05, 29 January 2020

Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. At 11 p.m. on 31 January—this coming Friday—the United Kingdom will leave the European Union. We will then move into a transition period, when, it could be said, the real work will begin.

One of the grey areas of discussion will be the situation surrounding fishing in British waters, which, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, should return to the position of extending to 200 miles from the British coastline. Even the Brexit leader, Nigel Farage, has said that there will be a need for concessions. But that does not mean the type of arrangement outlined by President Macron, which extends the right for European vessels to plunder British waters for another 25 years—[Interruption.] Yes.