HC Deb 27 July 1972 vol 841 c385W
Mr. James Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the North East Atlantic Fishery Committee has discussed or will be in session to discuss the fishing limits dispute between Iceland on the one hand and West Germany and the United Kingdom on the other.

Mr. Anthony Royle

The North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission ordinarily meets once a year in May, and is not in session at present. The terms of the commission's convention limit its function to common action on conservation and rational exploitation. It would not therefore be an appropriate body to consider bilateral disputes over fishery limits.