§ 61. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty, in view of the fact that a Danish Government gunboat fired at and injured the Merchant fishing vessel "Red Crusader" in fishing grounds off the Faroes during the last few days, if he will now state in detail what protection he plans for British fishing vessels in these waters.
§ Mr. C. Ian Orr-EwingThis incident was not characteristic of the good relations between Her Majesty's Government and the Danish Government. The facts are not yet established, and it would be premature to consider varying the present arrangements which allow for periodical visits to the Faroe Islands by ships of the Royal Navy's Fishery Protection Squadron.