§ Mr. CLARRYasked the Minister of Agriculture the total number and 1600W nationality of foreign fishing trawlers which are regularly operating from Welsh ports and the total number of British fishing trawlers now lying idle in these ports; and whether British fishing trawlers have freedom of operation in Continental ports?
§ Sir J. GILMOURIt cannot be said that any foreign fishing trawlers are regularly operating from Welsh ports, but during the past two months a total of 98 landings have been made by foreign fishing vessels, most of them Spanish, none of which has made more than three landings during the period; seven British trawlers are now laid up at Welsh ports; British fishing vessels 'are free to land their catches at all Continental ports except in France, at times when the British quota for fish is exhausted, and in Russia and Iceland.