asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make representations to the Government of France asking them to consider similar legislation to Statutory Instrument, 1951, No. 638, limiting the size of lobsters and crabs landed and prohibiting the landing of berried lobsters.

I am considering this matter in consultation with my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, and expect shortly to be making inquiries of the French Government upon this subject.