HC Deb 19 April 1911 vol 24 c859
Mr. HARRY HOPE

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if, considering the necessity of protecting the breeding ground of fish in our inshore waters in order that our food supplies be maintained and employment provided for our fishing population, he would propose a revision of the North Sea Convention of 1882, so that the bays and firths round our coast be closed to trawlers and an extension be made of our territorial waters?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. McKinnon Wood)

I have nothing to add to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for the Montrose Burghs on 13th February last.