HC Deb 20 June 1882 vol 270 c1756
MR. BIRKBECK

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, When it is proposed to ratify the Convention of 6th May relative to the North Sea Fisheries?

SIR CHARLES W. DILKE

Sir, Her Majesty's Government are prepared to ratify the Convention as soon as the other Powers, parties to it, are ready to do so. It is not yet certain when it will be ratified by France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, and I cannot, therefore, at present name any certain date.