§ Mr. Bowdenasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what research was undertaken by his Department in 1972 and 1973 to ascertain the effects on the sea bed of heavy beam trawling.
§ Mr. BuchanMy Department submitted evidence to the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea on the effects of beam trawling on the sea bed, a summary of which was contained in the council's liaison committee report presented to the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission in 1973.