HC Deb 22 February 1901 vol 89 c855
SIR ALBERT ROLLIT (Islington, S.)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can state what, if any, progress has been made in negotiating Conventions with foreign maritime States for the better protection of the North Sea Fisheries against the destruction of immature fish.

* VISCOUNT CRANBORNE

A Provisional Committee consisting of experts was to have met in October last at Christiania to consider the question of organising the Central Bureau which was the outcome of the Stockholm International Conference. The meeting was, however, postponed at the request of the German Government. His Majesty's Government are awaiting a reply to an inquiry which was recently made of the Minister for Foreign Affairs at Stockholm as to when the Committee was likely to meet.

MR. GIBSON BOWLES

What had the Central Bureau to do with the negotiations with Stockholm?

[No answer was given.]