Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 18 March 1964.
Is my hon. Friend aware that these basic figures show a very considerable decline in the basic number of the herring drift net fleet? Will not he take steps to ensure that there is a basic level on which the industry can thrive and prosper, not only for the sake of the fishermen themselves but also for the sake of the inshore based industry which has been built up on these fish?