Eustice told to ‘get real’ as he tells peers UK will not use fisheries as bargaining chip in trade talks – live news

By Andrew Sparrow

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10.52am GMT

Eustice says he is reasonably confident that the EU will agree to “zonal attachment” as a basis for deciding how fishing stocks are shared.

10.49am GMT

Lord Kerr goes next. He points out that, if French fishermen were to block Boulogne, it would not just be fishing that would suffer.

Source: Eustice told to ‘get real’ as he tells peers UK will not use fisheries as bargaining chip in trade talks – live news

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