HL Deb 18 June 1984 vol 453 c137WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What rights they recognise as pertaining to coastal states to control scientific research in their exclusive economic zone or on their continental shelf.

Baroness Young

We recognise that a coastal state may refuse consent for marine scientific research where, in particular, the resarch concerns fisheries and the resources of the seabed.