HC Deb 13 October 1976 vol 917 c129W
25. Mr. James Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement concerning his negotiations with the EEC over fishing limits and, in particular, his declaration that the United Kingdom will extend her limits to 200 miles upon 1st January 1977.

Dr. Owen

At the Council of Ministers meeting on 18th and 19th October my right hon. Friend will be pressing for a favourable decision on the Commission proposal that the Community member States should extend their fisheries limits in the North Atlantic and the North Sea on 1st January 1977.