HL Deb 18 May 1993 vol 545 c86WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

When they intend to declare 12 nautical mile territorial seas for those dependent territories where the territorial sea reaches only three nautical miles.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

The following dependent territories have three mile territoral seas; Anguilla, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands. There are no immediate plans to extend the territorial seas of these dependent territories to 12 miles.