HC Deb 20 May 1999 vol 331 cc446-7W
10. Mr. Gareth R. Thomas

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what measures he has taken to protect wildlife from industrial fisheries. [83857]

Mr. Morley

I am pressing the Commission to propose a closure of the industrial fishery for sand eels off the UK's East Coast between April and August to benefit those seabirds dependent on the stock during the breeding period.