Overview

• The Environment Agency said it issued a formal warning to David Lammy for fishing without a licence and will not bring a prosecution.
• Lammy hosted U.S. Vice President JD Vance at Chevening on 8 August and reported the oversight himself.
• He bought the necessary rod licences afterward, the Foreign Office said.
• Anglers aged 13 or over must hold a freshwater licence with potential fines up to £2,500, and 2024/25 enforcement included 765 prosecutions, 1,965 warning letters and 159 cases of advice.
• The agency declined to disclose whether Vance held a licence due to data-protection rules, and Vance said his children caught and released fish while Lammy did not land one.