HC Deb 13 July 1981 vol 8 cc950-1
Mr. Monro

I beg to move amendment No. 66, in page 24, line 18, after 'undertakers', insert 'a district board for a fishery district within the meaning or the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862'.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

With this we may take Government amendment No. 177.

Mr. Monro

The amendment simply corrects an omission in the definition of authorised person. District salmon fisheries boards are constituted under the 1826 Act and are not local fisheries committees constituted under the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966.

Amendment No. 177 meets a point raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Argyll (Mr. MacKay) about fish fanning. It makes it clear that fish farming comes under paragraph (a) for food and under paragraph (c) for breeding fish for putting in rivers to improve the fishing stock.

Mr. Dalyell

I should like to thank the Minister for that clear explanation.

Amendment agreed to.

Amendments made: No. 177, in page 24, line 38, at end insert— '"livestock" includes any animal which is kept—

  1. (a) for the provision of food, wool, skins or fur;
  2. (b) for the purpose of its use in the carrying on of any agricultural activity; or
  3. (c) for the provision of improvement of shooting or fishing;'.

No. 67, in page 25, line 35, leave out from beginning to second 'the' in line 36 and insert 'This Part extends to the territorial waters adjacent to Great Britain, and for the purposes of this Part any part of Great Britain which is bounded by territorial waters shall be taken to include'. —[Mr. Monro.]

Further consideration adjourned.—[Mr. Brooke.]

Bill, as amended (in the Standing Committee), to be further considered this day.