§ Mr. WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has on the recent scale of farmed salmon exports from Norway to the European Community and on its impact on the Scottish fish farming industry.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythIt is understood that Norway exported 72,000 tonnes of farmed salmon to the European Community in 1990. Production of Scottish farmed salmon in 1990 was 32,350 tonnes. I recognise the Scottish industry's concern at the current state of the market and the effect of Norwegian imports on it. The Norwegian Government have recently given renewed assurances of efforts by their industry to stabilise the market and on that basis the European Commission has proposed to close without remedy the anti-dumping case brought by Scottish and Irish producers. The Government are considering this proposal.