§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will specify, under appropriate headings, those aspects of European Economic Community common fisheries policy where provisional agreement has been reached and, for those aspects where no agreement has yet been reached, the United Kingdom's preferred solution.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithAgreement has been reached on a conservation regulation, on the principles of a control regulation and on a number of third country framework agreements.
Outstanding elements include access to waters where the United Kingdom requirement is for an adequate zone of exclusive access and preference beyond; catch quotas of which the United Kingdom will require a satisfactory share; structural measures intended to bring about a better balance between catching capacity and the fishing opportunities available; and a revision of the EECs marketing arrangements where our principal objective is to secure more effective controls on imports.