§ Mr. Maxwell-Hyslopasked the Lord Privy Seal whether, in view of the inconsistency of such access to Spanish waters with European Economic Community fishery policy, he will take action in the Council of Ministers to dissuade the Spanish Government from offering South Korea fishing rights in Spanish coastal waters as an inducement for South Korea to buy CASA aircraft instead of aircraft manufactured by Short Brothers in Belfast.
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§ Mr. Humphrey AtkinsWe are unable to confirm allegations of action by the Spanish authorities of the kind described. In any event there will be no basis on which the Council of Ministers could formally intervene since. Spain is not yet a member of the European Community.