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Part of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – in the House of Commons at on 5 February 2026.

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Photo of Angela Eagle Angela Eagle The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Once my hon. Friend gets the letter off to us, she will certainly get a reply. The UK has a robust regulatory framework to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. DEFRA and the Marine Management Organisation work closely with the devolved Governments, local authorities and port health authorities to ensure that documents are appropriately checked and verified on seafood imports from all countries. If she wants to demonstrate cases where that is not happening, I would be very interested indeed to hear from her.