§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that farmers in the North-East of Scotland are being approached by mineral companies to grant prospecting rights over their land; and if he will institute a study of mineral wealth there and in Scotland generally.
206WFree Trade Association of the level of subsidies paid to Norwegian fishermen as compared with those paid to Scottish fishermen, with a view to assessing whether there should be an alteration to the fixed permitted quota of 24,000 tons per annum of frozen fillets from Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
§ Mr. RossThese imports are not subject to a fixed import quota. Information about the support given to their fishing industries by the major fishing countries is studied in the normal course of administration.