§ Mr. Gourlayasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average size of classes in primary schools in the Fife region at the latest convenient date, and what is the expected average size of such classes in the school year commencing in August 1976.
376Wproposals involving too high a total allowable catch without giving the United Kingdom an adequate quota for the whole year. The Government will consider with the fishing industry, especially in the light of any objections by other member States within the objection period of 90 days, whether to object formally to the proposal for a total allowable catch of 160,000 tonnes and a United Kingdom quota of 9,700 tonnes which was adopted by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission. The reductions in catch and in the number of boats which could economically engage in the fishery therefore cannot yet be estimated, but they will of course be less severe than if the United Kingdom proposal had been adopted.