75. Mr. Kellyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if, in his discussions with Iceland, he will seek to ensure that the present policy of Her Majesty's Government to Icelandic jurisdiction over a shelf of 50 miles from the shores of that country does not prejudice United Kingdom claims to deposits found on the Continental Shelf up to 50 miles from the shores of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. AmeryWe have always maintained the clear distinction in international law between Continental Shelf resources, which are static and permanent, and the fisheries and other resources of the waters lying above the shelf, which are highly mobile and cannot in the same way be identified with a particular land mass.