HC Deb 10 July 1984 vol 63 c478W
Sir John Biggs-Davison

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what encouragement Her Majesty's Government have given to United Kingdom fishing interests to fish Falkland Islands waters.

Mr. Whitney

It is open to the British fishing industry to operate in waters around the Falkland Islands if it sees a commercial interest in doing so. But the industry must take its own decision in the light of its own assessment of the commercial factors involved.