Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 18 April 2017.
Grahame Morris
Labour, Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals to abolish the fishing rod licence and provide an alternative means to raise funds for the Environment Agency.
George Eustice
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Government has no plans to abolish the fishing rod licence. The income from the rod licence fee allows the Environment Agency to provide its fisheries service to rod licence holders.
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