§ Mr. OnslowTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will use his powers under the Sea Fisheries Conservation Act 1967 to ban the use of drift nets in United Kingdom waters.
§ Mr. CurryThe European Community is currently preparing a regulation which will prevent the use of large-scale indiscriminate drift netting in not only United Kingdom waters but the waters of all other member states and by EC vessels on the high seas. We are working so that this can be agreed soon.