§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is Her Majesty's Government's policy towards the actual and potential fishing rights surrounding(a) Diego Garcia and (b) other British Indian ocean territories.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd[holding answer 24 June 1992]: On 1 October 1991 Her Majesty's Government declared a 200-mile fisheries conservation and management zone around the British Indian ocean territory. We aim to play a full part in the sensible management and conservation of fishing stocks in that area.