§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for Scotland to what extent the terms of reference of the Hunter Committee did not include the subjects covered in the terms of reference he has given to the Cameron Committee on the law relating to fishing in Scottish coastal waters.
§ Mr. RossThe terms of reference of the Committee over which Lord Hunter presided were confined to the law relating to Scottish salmon and trout fisheries. This included only a small part of the extensive code of legislation governing sea fishing in Scottish coastal waters, the content and enforcement of which will be reviewed by the Committee under the chairmanship of Lord Cameron. As the regulations governing drift net fishing for salmon and trout in the sea have been so recently reviewed I have indicated to Lord Cameron that it is not intended that his Committee should concern itself with those regulations 255W except insofar as their enforcement is one of the functions of my Department's protection vessels.