§ Mr. David PorterTo ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 12 June,Official Report, column 374, which treaty gives authority to the common fisheries policy, and which is subject to amendment at the 1996 inter-governmental conference; and if he will make it his policy to seek withdrawal from the common fisheries policy. [28923]
§ The Prime Minister[holding answer 19 June]: Fisheries are part of the common agricultural policy 156W governed by articles 38–47 of the EC treaty which will be reviewed as part of the 1996 intergovernmental conference. The detailed rules of the common fisheries policy are set out in the Council regulation 3760/92 which comes up for formal review in 2002. We have no plans for UK withdrawal from the common fisheries policy, but we are continuing to work for improvements in the appropriate fora.