HC Deb 22 March 2000 vol 346 cc586-7W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer of 7 March 2000, Official Report, column 581W, on fishing quotas, what was the nature of the United Kingdom response to the Commission opinion. [115574]

Mr. Morley

In allocating quota to producer organisations and other groups in 1992 and subsequent years adequate provision was made for the return to the UK fleet of vessels which had been previously de-registered as a result of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988.