HC Deb 12 July 1973 vol 859 c410W
Mr. Laurance Reed

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will lodge a pretest with France over her assertion of jurisdiction on the high seas up to 48 miles beyond the 12-mile limit around the Mururoa Atoll.

Mr. Amery

No. The question whether the exclusion of shipping from an area of the high seas is lawful or not is one of the issues before the International Court of Justice in the current proceedings brought by Australia and by New Zealand against France.