HC Deb 04 November 1970 vol 805 c397W
Mr. Laurance Reed

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will propose an international agreement to ban the dumping of all waste products on and beyond the Continental Shelf.

Mr. Anthony Royle

Her Majesty's Government are reviewing the need for greater national or international control of the dumping of waste products at sea and will play a full part in international discussion of this issue which is of increasing public concern.