§ Mr. Clellandasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and if he will make it his policy to provide regular reports for the House on how well the common fisheries policy enforcement is working.
§ Mr. GummerThe Government attach importance to effective enforcement of the common fisheries policy and I already report to the House on a regular basis any discussion of this subject at Fisheries Council meetings as well as making the House aware of any important developments which take place between Council meetings. The responsibility for ensuring that the common fisheries policy is effectively enforced throughout the Community rests, of course, with the Commission, with the help of its inspectorate of inspectorates. At my request the Commission has undertaken to produce early this year a full report on the enforcement situation and I hope that it will be possible to make this report available to the House in due course.