§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Attorney-General on what basis appeals to the European Court against prosecutions and convictions for infringing British national measures in fishing will be possible.
The Atorney-GeneralThere is no right of appeal to the European Court of Justice against a conviction imposed by a United Kingdom court. But where a case which is before a United Kingdom court necessarily turns on a question of the interpretation of Community law, the domestic court may—and in certain circumstances must—obtain a preliminary ruling on that question from the European Court of Justice before determining the case.