asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware of the considerable dissatisfaction that exists among the fishermen of Kincardine at the ban placed upon the use of a boom net for white fishing between March and September, particularly as an exception is made in the case of one firm; and whether, in view of the urgent necessity of increasing fish supplies, he will communicate with the royal burgh of Stirling for the purpose of getting the interdict raised?

I would refer the hon. Member to my reply of 2nd April to the hon. Member for Stirling and Clackmannan (Mr. Woodburn) on this subject, to which I am not yet in a position to add.