§ Tony BaldryTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what further action the Government will undertake to eliminate subsidies to the fishing industry to reduce capacity as agreed at the World Summit on Sustainable Development and by which year this pledge will need to be met to help achieve the 2015 millennium development goals. [74618]
§ Mr. MorleyThe UK does not provide subsidies to the fishing industry for the construction of vessels or for their modernisation in ways which could increase fishing capacity. We support Commission proposals to end such subsidies as part of CFP reform.