§ MR. PIRIE (Aberdeen, N.)To ask the Secretary for Scotland if he has now inquired into the Report that rewards have been offered, with the knowledge of the Scottish Office, to Moray Firth line fishermen for information which may lead to conviction of any trawlers within the prohibited waters of the North Sea, now enclosed by a by-law within Moray Firth; and will he say whether masters of trawlers have been convicted on mere suspicion of the evidence given by prejudiced men, whilst trawlers are now afraid to enter the Moray Firth for shelter in stress of weather, in accordance with the custom in the territorial waters of other maritime nations adjoining the North Sea.
§ (Answered by Mr. Sinclair.) I have nothing to add to the Answer given to my hon. friend on the 19th instant†.