§ 34. Sir Richard Pilkingtonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps Her Majesty's Government is taking to get agreement with the other nations concerned regarding the extension of the present three-mile fishing limit.
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§ Mr. P. ThomasAs my right hon. Friend, the then Lord Privy Seal, announced in the House on 29th April last, we have invited the Governments concerned to a conference to discuss the whole complex of fishery problems. As I told the House on 18th November this Conference will open in London on 3rd December. One of its main purposes will be to reach agreement on fishery limits. As the House knows, we have given notice of our intention to terminate our participation in the North Sea Fisheries Convention of 1882 and also to terminate the Fisheries Regulations of 1843 made under the Anglo-French Fishery Convention of 1839 with effect from 24th June, 1964. From that date we shall thus be free to take action in the light of the discussions at the Conference regarding the extent of our fishery limits.