§ Mr. Laurance Reedasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in negotiations with France over the delimitation of the Continental Shelf around the Channel Islands.
§ Mr. Anthony RoyleWe have been in contact with the French Government for some three years with a view to settling a boundary to our Continental Shelf, in the English Channel—including the area around the Channel Islands—and in the Western Approaches. But no agreement has yet been reached.