HC Deb 12 March 1973 vol 852 c254W
Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement of Her Majesty's Government's intentions following the recent decision of the International Court that it had jurisdiction in the present dispute between Her Majesty's Government and Iceland over fishing limits.

Mr. Amery

The International Court of Justice has set the date of 1st August 1973 for the submission of our memorial on the merits of the dispute. We are now engaged in preparing this memorial.