HC Deb 23 January 1963 vol 670 cc52-3
2. Mr. Wainwright

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what consideration he has given to the feasibility of developing tropical semi-tropical fish farms in special reservoirs supplied by water discharged from the Central Electricity Generating Board's power stations.

The Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. James Scott-Hopkins)

None, Sir. If the hon. Member is referring to the Central Electricity Generating Board's recent experiments, these are concerned mainly with assessing damage to fish by heated water and not with the possibility of developing fish famous.

Mr. Wainwright

Does not the hon. Gentleman agree that this country is not sufficiently interested in fish farms? Is he not aware that if Britain goes into the Common Market the other members will be able to fish up to the beaches of this country and that, therefore, if we do not do something for fish fairmers and take advantage of all these experiments being held by the Central Electricity Generating Board and other parts of the industry, we shall have a lack of supplies of fish?

Mr. Scott-Hopkins

That is a much wider question. There is a later Question relating to this matter.