HC Deb 24 June 1952 vol 502 cc165-6W
108. Mr. R. Robinson

asked the Minister of Transport what representations have been made by his Department to the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation of the United Nations on the subject of the pollution of the sea and of beaches by oil; and what has been the result of these representations.

Mr. Braithwaite

The Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation has not yet been established because the necessary number of acceptances of the Convention have not yet been deposited with the United Nations. The Secretary-General of the United Nations has, however, asked member States to undertake studies of the pollution of the sea by oil and to communicate their results to him not later than 1st September. 1952.