§ Mr. GillTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the level of quota swap which has occurred between sand eels and Baltic cod. [131252]
§ Mr. MorleyNone. There have been no recent exchanges of quota between member states involving sand eels and Baltic cod.
§ Mr. GillTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the Government support the National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations and the Scottish Fishermen's Federation policy document, "Zonal management; a new vision of Europe's fisheries". [131352]
§ Mr. MorleyThe Government welcome this document which makes a useful and constructive contribution to the debate on how to secure an improved regional dimension to the Common Fisheries Policy and greater involvement by fishermen in fisheries management.
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on expenditure in the UK in the past three years from EU budget line B2–903A. [130786]
§ Mr. MorleyThis is a new budget line established in 2000. I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to him on 28 June 2000,Official Report, column 497W, which explained its purpose and that it does not cover funding of national projects.
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many vessels, broken down by nationality, fish for sand eels within the six and 12 mile limits. [130789]
§ Mr. MorleyOnly UK vessels are able to fish for sand eels within the six to 12 mile limits. However, our records do not enable us to identify how many do so.