§ Mr. Viggersasked the Secretary of State for Energy what progress has been made in agreeing with neighbouring countries an allocation of the seabed of the English Channel for the purposes of hydrocarbon exploration and recovery.
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June 1974 Number of holdings Total holdings Wholly owned Wholly rented 50 per cent. or more owned More than 50 per cent. rented Under 1,000 acres Over 1,000 acres Powys … … 3,419 1,399 727 372 5,849 68 Gwynedd … … 2,558 1,739 796 501 5,521 73 Dyfed … … 6,979 2,615 1,629 683 11,870 36 Clwyd … … 2,140 1,321 647 356 4,443 21 South Glamorgan … 206 207 102 66 579 2 Mid Glamorgan … 446 343 157 126 1,065 7 West Glamorgan … 450 208 169 77 902 2 Gwent … … 1,259 585 357 173 2,372 2 Wales … … 17,457 8,417 4,584 2,354 32,601 211
§ Mr. EnnalsI have been asked to reply.
The Prime Minister and the President of France agreed last year to submit the delimitation of the United Kingdom-France Continental Shelf to arbitration. Good progress is being made in working out details of the arbitration agreement.