HC Deb 03 May 1897 vol 48 c1407
MR. WEIR

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government has yet decided to consult the States Signatories of the North Sea Convention with a view to rendering beam and otter trawling illegal within 13 miles of the Coast of Scotland?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. G. CURZON, Lancashire, Southport)

No, Sir; the Government have not yet decided.