Well, we'll soon see what the reality of, 'Taking back control of our waters' looks like. Will Britain rule the waves or will Boris Johnson sell UK fisheries down the river, using them as a bargaining chip in the upcoming trade negotiations? Several EU politicians have made clear their intentions: they want British access to EU financial service markets predicated on access to UK waters. Given that fishing and aquaculture's gross value added contribution to the UK economy is 0.04 per cent, whereas financial services and insurance's contribution is 7.1 per cent, I'll let you do the maths for yourself.

I fear that, as one Brexit Party MEP put it last week, 'Britain's fish may indeed be punished for their Brexit stance'. But, we'll see. But what we do know is that, overall, the UK currently imports 70 per cent of the fish that we eat and we export 80 per cent of what we catch. I think that we can all agree that, in terms of sustainability, it would be better to consume more of what we catch here and redress the imbalance in the long term, but the fact is maintaining access to EU markets is critical.

Take shellfish for example: more than 80 per cent of the shellfish, lobsters, crabs and langoustines we catch are sold to the EU—mostly France and Spain. It accounts for more than a quarter of all UK fish exports by value. Two things, then, will happen: you will have to, if you're exporting, do that according to the EU rules. If you want to export to a country, you can only do it according to their rules of acceptance. The other thing that will also apply is that if there are any border hold-ups, and Llyr already mentioned that, that doesn't see delivery of fresh goods in a timely fashion, they won't be going anywhere. So, I'm sure that the Brexit Party know all this, and it was probably covered in the one fisheries committee meeting that Nigel Farage, the fisherman's friend, attended in the three years that he was a member. One meeting in three years. Absolutely disgraceful.

When our own environment committee looked at this two years ago, we emphasised the need for a new relationship between the constituent nations of the UK after Brexit, and that is particularly true for fisheries management. Otherwise, there is a risk, and I'm quoting from that report,

'that one of the most pervasive negative perceptions of EU membership and fisheries—that some countries benefit from an unfairly inflated allocation of quota—will be transposed to the UK.'

We're already hearing it today. Isn't that amazing? But, then, maybe you'll take notice more often than Nigel Farage, who only managed one meeting. But at least you did read the papers, I suppose.

The other question is whether, post Brexit, we move towards extending the principle of payment for public goods to our seas, and, again, that's been mentioned. And I think that that is probably the most important thing that we need to do here, because most people who fish in Wales at the moment to do so from very small craft. It is essential for those, if they are going to grow in any way, that the sea that they are hoping to find their produce in is actually up to a really, really good standard. So, the environmental principles would be absolutely critical for those to survive, as will the marine conservation zones that protect some of those areas.

So, I think those are the things that we can do. I look forward to your response, Minister.