HC Deb 14 May 1992 vol 207 c189W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the numbers of(a) Spanish and (b) Dutch vessels registered as British and the ports of registration.

Mr. Norris

For ships and large pleasure craft the information requested is as follows:

  1. (a) Three, at Yarmouth, London and Poole;
  2. (b) Four, at London (2), Harwich and Southampton.

Some 46 Spanish and about 15 Dutch owned fishing vessels have been registered since the European Court judgment referred to in my answer to the hon. Member on 11 May, Official Report, column 17. The majority of these vessels are registered in the south-west ports, Lowestoft and Grimsby, and Aberdeen in Scotland.

Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many foreign fishing boats are registered as nationals in(a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Denmark, (d) Holland and (e) France.

Mr. Norris

Some 65 since the European Court judgment; seven in Scotland, the remainder in England and Wales.

I have no information on registration in other EC countries.