LORDS

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) Reform

In July 2011, the European Commission published proposals to reform the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy. The Committee has been engaged with the reform process since 2008, when it published a report assessing the previous reform and making recommendations for the future, several of which were reflected in the Commission’s legislative proposals.

Since publication of the proposals, the Committee has been scrutinising the Government position. Following an informal meeting with stakeholders, it sent its positions to the Government and EU institutions. The Chairman of the Committee, Lord Carter of Coles, met with the UK Fisheries Minister, Richard Benyon, in February 2012 to hold a further exchange of views.

Following a deal among Fisheries Ministers in Brussels on 19 June, the Minister wrote to the Committee and will expand on that information in an evidence session on 12 July.

If you would like to read the Government’s explanatory memoranda on the proposals sifted for further scrutiny you can find them on the Cabinet Office's European Memoranda search page.

News

  • Fishy behaviour from Defra?

    The Fisheries Minister, Richard Benyon, will be quizzed by the Lords EU Fisheries Sub-Committee on Thursday 12 July

Publications

Title Date published
Common Fisheries Policy Reform - Corrected Evidence (12 July 2012) (PDF) 25 July 2012