Mr. WEIRasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that during the last sixteen months as many as forty-six foreign trawlers have been observed fishing in the Moray Firth on 303 occasions; and, seeing that the Firth is closed against British trawlers, and that the fish caught by these foreign trawlers is carried to foreign ports, will he again consider the expediency of convening a meeting of European Powers with a view to arrive at some international agreement under which firths and other inshore waters which have been closed against trawlers by the State holding command over the adjacent shore shall remain likewise closed against trawlers flying a foreign flag?
§ Sir EDWARD GREYThe answer to the first part of the question is in the1766W affirmative. With regard to the second part, I have nothing to add to the answer given on 13th February to my hon. Friend the Member for Montrose Burghs.