Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999

Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at 3:19 pm on 26 April 2000.

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Photo of Lewis Macdonald Lewis Macdonald Labour 3:19, 26 April 2000

Does the member accept that Dr Scobbie's legal opinion lays out very clearly that it is universal practice to employ the median line within the territorial waters of coastal states; that 89 per cent of cases involving the fishing and economic zones of opposite countries, such as Britain and Norway, are settled on a median basis; and that between countries that have adjacent coastlines, such as Scotland and England, the median line is the most common way of defining the maritime boundary?