HL Deb 02 March 1998 vol 586 cc133-4WA
Lord Stoddart of Swindon

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the national allocation of fishing quota is a derogation from the principles of free and equal access to European Union fishery resources and of non-discrimination. [HL676]

Lord Donoughue

The system of national quotas under the common fisheries policy applies without discrimination to all member states. It derogates without time limit from the principle of equal access.