To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has sought advice from Her Majesty's Government about whether the reallocation of fishing opportunities equivalent to deducted fishing opportunities, referred to in Article 23(4) of EU Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, could result in the member state receiving the reallocation gaining fishing opportunities for stocks in International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) areas other than in ICES areas that had been deducted from the member state that had exceeded its fishing opportunities.