§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what figures were given in the supporting documents of the Hague Preference (Council Resolutions) 1976 for the United Kingdom quota for North sea haddock and cod species.
§ Mr. LangThe documents associated with the Council Resolution of 3 November 1976 did not identify the appropriate levels of threshold for the Hague preference arrangements. However, subsequent working documents proposed thresholds for the United Kingdom of 60,000 tonnes for haddock, and 43,179 tonnes for cod, both for the North sea.