§ 76. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has yet received any reply from the Government of Iceland to his Note addressed to that Government on 18th June on the subject of British and Icelandic fishing rights and to his later inquiry from the Icelandic authorities as to whether such a reply may soon be expected; and what steps he proposes to take in this matter to afford to British fishermen protection of their rights coordinate with those afforded to Icelandic fishermen by their own Government.
§ Mr. NuttingNo reply has yet been received from the Icelandic Government to Her Majesty's Government's Note of 18th June.
In answer to the second part of the Question, I would refer the hon. and learned Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Banff (Mr. Duthie) on 26th May. Her Majesty's Government are examining the question of their future policy with regard to the delimitation of British territorial waters, in the light of The Hague Court judgment in the AngloNorwegian fisheries dispute. There are, however, many conflicting interests to be reconciled.