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Speaking to talkRADIO, the former Brexit Party MEP said: Do we start hitting back? I think yes. By all means, try the diplomatic routes first, let s be grown-ups. But the time may well come where we say, if you won t have our shellfish, we won t have your cheese.
She said that action was needed because the EU has no interest in helping our fishing industry .
Ann Widdecombe has urged the UK Government to hit back against Brussels (Image: GETTY)
The Department Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed it plans to hold talks with EU officials to solve the issue (Image: GETTY)
Victoria Prentis, the MP for Banbury, is also a Government minister for fisheries and farming. She told the House of Lord’s EU Environment Sub-Committee today (January 13) that the post-Brexit deal had been beneficial for fishing, after being asked if her ‘jaw had dropped’ when it was published on December 24. But Ms Prentis said she did not have time to read it at the time it was finally agreed. She said: “The agreement came when we were all very busy on Christmas Eve, in my case organising the local nativity trail. “We had been waiting and waiting, it looked like it was coming for probably four days before it arrived.
Victoria Prentis, the MP for Banbury, is also a Government minister for fisheries and farming. She told the House of Lord’s EU Environment Sub-Committee today (January 13) that the post-Brexit deal had been beneficial for fishing, after being asked if her ‘jaw had dropped’ when it was published on December 24. But Ms Prentis said she did not have time to read it at the time it was finally agreed. She said: “The agreement came when we were all very busy on Christmas Eve, in my case organising the local nativity trail. “We had been waiting and waiting, it looked like it was coming for probably four days before it arrived.