You need a licence to do that. UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has now heeded those words after admitting he did not have a rod licence to go fishing with visiting U.S. Vice President JD Vance. He blamed the mistake on an “administrative error.”

A repentant Lammy has contacted the Environment Agency to admit the mistake and has bought a fishing licence, the BBC reports.

The outlet sets out anglers in England and Wales aged 13 or over must have a rod fishing licence to fish for freshwater species. They can be fined if they do not have one.

The foreign secretary did not catch any fish when he went angling with his guest Vance at his official…

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