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European Union (Amendment) Bill

This is very relevant. My next question relates to the draft Marine Bill which will soon be before us. Will the European Parliament be able to override that legislation or have any say on it? Will it be a purely UK matter? It refers to waters around our own territory, to the devolved Administration in Scotland in the 12-mile limit and to the 200 nautical-mile limit. The European Parliament may well have a view in the longer term. What is the Government’s view? Has the issue been considered? Can the Government give us any better assurance than the Minister has been able to give us already? In his last comments to us, the Minister told us that the health check, which is in progress at the moment, will not bring any immediate budgetary reductions. Can he say when he expects reductions in that budgetary commitment, because they are enormously important? Finally—