§ Mr. Malcolm MacMillanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has considered the suggestion that trawlers arrested for illegal in-shore trawling should be detained in port during the court's pleasure in addition to the usual penalties; and will he take steps to carry out the suggestion?
§ Mr. ColvilleThe reply to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. I have no reason to believe that the penal ties for illegal trawling, as increased by the Illegal Trawling (Scotland) Act, 1934, are inadequate and, in present circumstances, I do not propose to introduce further legislation on this subject.