§ Mr. Lomasasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if his inquiries into various oil slick dispersals carried out by his Department have now been concluded and when he expects the Report to be available.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantThe Department have completed experiments to develop a method of testing the effectiveness of oil dispersants at sea and have tested several dispersants. A report on the test method will be published in due course, but information about the performance of commercial products is for departmental use only.