§ 64. Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received from the Transport and General Workers' Union to convene a meeting with representatives of the Governments of Iceland and West Germany and Her Majesty's Government, together with representatives of the unions and employers in the fishing industries of their countries, together with fish experts and scientists, to come to an interim agreement over fishing on the Icelandic continental shelf until the present limits dispute has been settled by the International Court of Justice or the United Nations Law of the Sea Conference has completed its deliberations.
§ Mr. KershawThe General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union and other trade union representatives have called on my noble Friend the Minister of State to discuss the Icelandic fisheries question. The possibility of a tripartite meeting of the kind referred to is being considered, but for the present bilateral discussions with the Icelandic Government on an interim arrangement for British fishing off Iceland are continuing in the form described in the answer of my hon. Friend the Undersecretary of State to the hon. Member for Kingston-upon-Hull, West (Mr. James Johnson) on 26th May.—[Vol. 837, c.522–3. ]
§ 65. Mr. Wallasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on his discussions with Icelandic Ministers regarding fisheries limits.
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§ Mr. KershawI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State gave to the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull, West (Mr. James Johnson) on 26th May.—[Vol. 837, c.522–3. ]