HC Deb 23 February 1981 vol 999 c279W
Mr. Sproat

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish as soon as possible the names of those he has invited to serve on the committee from the fishing industry' and elsewhere to look urgently into allegations of the dumping of cheap foreign fish; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

After consulting the associations concerned my right hon. Friend has invited the following representatives of the catching sector of the fishing industry to join officials from the Fisheries Departments in the team which has been asked to investigate allegations made by the catching sector about unfair and illegal imports: Mr. N. Atkins (National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations), Mr. J. Brown (Scottish Fishermen's Federation), Mr. A. H. Dobbie (United Kingdom Association of Fish Producers' Organisations), Mr. A. Laing (British Fishing Federation Ltd.), Captain the right hon. W. J. Long, J.P. (Ulster Sea Fishermen's Society), and Mr. I. MacSween (Scottish Fishermen's Organisation Ltd.).