§ Mr. ROBERT HARCOURTasked the Lord Advocate if he will state the reasons why His Majesty's Government are not prepared to agree with the prayer of extensively signed petitions from line fishermen in Forfarshire and Fifeshire, that trawling should be prohibited within three miles of the Bell Bock; and whether or not the Bell Rock is to be considered an island and British territory?
§ Mr. UREI can only refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on 15th June, 1908, which I am not in a position to supplement.
§ Mr. PIRIEasked the Lord Advocate if he can state the result of the inquiries he has made regarding the impeding of target practice of ships of the Home Fleet on 22nd October in the Moray Firth by the presence of numerous foreign trawlers with their trawl nets down; and whether any contravention of the Trawling Act, 1909, has been reported in connection therewith?
§ Mr. UREI am informed that the firing of His Majesty's ships in the Moray Firth was in no way impeded by the presence of trawlers on the occasion in question, and 473W no contravention of the Act of 1909 has been reported in connection therewith.