HC Deb 21 July 1972 vol 841 c198W
Mr. James Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will now attempt to call together those nations which fish outside the Icelandic 12-mile territorial limits to discuss means of arriving at agreement upon the Icelandic dispute until a final decision is obtained from the law of the Sea Conference of the United Nations due to begin in New York, 1973.

Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will seek to convene a meeting of all nations which now fish within the Icelandic Government's proposed new fishing limits to discuss arrival at a common policy of preserving traditional fishing grounds until decisions are arrived at by the United Nations Law of the Sea Conference.

Mr. Godber

No. We have consistently kept in touch with other interested nations, both over our negotiations with Iceland and over the preparations for the Law of the Sea Conference.