Common Fisheries Policy (Withdrawal) Bill

Key Points

• Withdraws the UK from the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy and creates a framework for post-withdrawal fisheries policy.
• Converts relevant EU fisheries laws into UK law to ensure continuity.
• Grants ministers powers to make and amend fisheries rules, quotas and access arrangements after withdrawal.
• Addresses how UK fisheries policy will interact with devolved administrations and international agreements.

Progress

Currently at the second reading in the House of Commons, the bill is in the early stages of passage and would next move to committee stage, then on to subsequent readings and consideration by the Lords.