The UK's ability to patrol its waters, enforce fishing restrictions and cope with sweeping changes to food labelling in the case of a "no deal" Brexit will come under sharp scrutiny this week in parliament.
Senior officials from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ( DEFRA) face a grilling from senior lawmakers over how prepared the country is for a "no deal" Brexit.
Such a development is expected to have wide reaching and potentially damaging implications for the fisheries sector among many others.
