§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how he intends to delineate die outer edge of the so-called continental rise as the frontier of the British exclusive economic zone.
§ Mr. EnnalsThe Government support proposals at the Law of the Sea Conference for an exclusive economic zone, extending up to 200 miles, within which the coastal State would have sovereign rights over economic resources. We consider that the coastal State already has174W sovereign rights over the resources of the sea bed, under existing international law, out to the edge of the continental margin, and would wish to see this reaffirmed in a new convention. The precise method of delineating the outer edge of the continental margin is one of the subjects under discussion at the conference.