§ 47. Dr. David Owenasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will make a statement on the eligibility of share fishermen to participate in the training opportunities scheme in order to undertake the second hand fishing certificate course.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThe training opportunities scheme is intended to help individuals to obtain training which it is not the responsibility of industry to provide. The scheme is not intended to supplant an industry's own arrangements for training. The fishing industry has arrangements for training share fishermen for the second hand fishing certificate. My officers are now considering whether there is a case for making training for this certificate available under the training opportunities scheme.