§ MR. MUNRO FERGUSON (Leith Burghs)To ask the Secretary for Scotland whether, in view of the policy of excluding British trawlers from the Moray Firth, he can state why the prohibition to land trawled fish from those waters does not apply to English as well as to Scottish ports; and whether he will take steps to secure the co-operation of other Departments in extending the prohibition to land such fish to all ports in the United Kingdom.
(Answered by Mr. Sinclair.) In reply to the first part of my hon. friend's Question I may inform him that, while it is legally competent to prohibit the landing of trawl-caught fish in Scotland, there is no such power in England. In regard to the second part of the Question I can add nothing to the reply given to the hon. Member for Banffshire on 22nd June.