Mr. Grhnondasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects a decision to he reached about national fishing limits within the EEC now that the 200-mile EEC limit has been agreed.
§ Mr. HattersleyIt has been agreed in the Council of Ministers that member States will extend their fishing limits to 200 miles at the appropriate time. The Government are actively and urgently pursuing the question of the regime which will operate within these extended 563W limits, but it is too early to predict when the negotiations will be concluded.