HC Deb 01 July 1982 vol 26 c376W
Dr. Edmund Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress was made at the meeting held in June 1982 between officials of his Department and of the Government of the Republic of Ireland concerning the delimitation of the continental shelf between the United Kingdom and the Republic.

Mr. Rifkind

At the meeting in Dublin on 17 June officials made further progress towards settling the terms of the arbitration agreement. It remains the hope of both Governments that it will be possible to conclude the agreement during the course of this year. Another meeting has been scheduled for September.