HC Deb 19 October 1989 vol 158 c212W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if Her Majesty's Government intend to endorse the decision of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to seek an extension of the powers of the International Whaling Commission to small cetaceans.

Mr. Curry

We have consistently argued that the International Whaling Commission should be regarded as having the power to regulate catches of all species of cetacea, from whales to dolphins and porpoises.