HC Deb 09 June 1976 vol 912 c681W
Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on negotiations for the common fishing policy.

Mr. Hattersley

Discussions are in progress in the Community on the adaptation of the common fisheries policy to take account of the prospective extension of fisheries limits to 200 miles. The Commission has put forward outline suggestions which would include 12-mile coastal belts reserved to member States and the division of remaining Community resources on the basis of quotas. We are pressing for substantially wider coastal belts. We shall also be concerned with the effect of the package as a whole, including the prospects for satisfactory enforcement. We have made clear to other Community Governments that the matter is of the greatest importance to us.

UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS
£ thousands
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Natural uranium 8,377 14,328 9,204 4,666 29,599
Nuclear reactor cartridges (spent or irradiated) 3 6 88 17 140
Other fissile material N/A N/A N/A 3,273 1,418
Artificial radio-isotopes 4,702 5,776 9,849 25,122 24,615
Nuclear reactors and equipment 1,780 1,704 2,097 2,883 2,238
Separation/treatment/recycling electrical equipment for radioactive fuels N/A N/A N/A 19
Totals 14,862 21,814 21,238 35,980 58,010

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