HC Deb 21 May 1996 vol 278 cc170-1W
Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will estimate the amount of fish caught by(a) Spanish (b) Dutch flagged ships which is eventually marketed in the United Kingdom. [30370]

Mr. Baldry

Information on the amount of fish which is caught by such ships and which is eventually marketed in the United Kingdom is not available. In 1994 we estimate that Spanish and Dutch flagged ships landed about 2,150 and 2,200 tonnes of fish into the UK respectively. Some of this fish may subsequently have been exported.