Zac Goldsmith
Conservative, Richmond Park
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government plans to take in the Council of Ministers to ensure protection for fragile deep-sea ecosystems and species from damaging forms of fishing.
George Eustice
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The UK Government is pursuing agreement of a Council position on deep sea access for negotiation with the European Parliament that focuses on establishing spatial measures for the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems and species.
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