§ Miss Emma NicholsonTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans the Council of Ministers has to consider the option of limiting the number of days spent at sea by fishing vessels in the renegotiation of the EU common fisheries policy. [26500]
§ Mr. BaldryThe option of limiting days at sea already exists in the context of implementing member states' multi-annual guidance programmes for fleet capacity reduction. Negotiations on a further series of programmes will be taking place in the Council later this year, but the Commission has still to make proposals for this.