§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what volume in cubic metres of British industrial waste, and of dredge spoils has been dumped in(a) the Irish sea, (b) the North sea and (c) other British coastal areas in each year from 1979 to 1988.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonThe information, which is recorded in tonnes, is as follows:
522WProducers of cattle and milk also benefit directly or indirectly from a range of other measures, mainly in the form of market support for the products concerned. Total public expenditure on these measures, excluding those identified in table 1, is shown in table 2, together with the volumes of production. The purpose of most of the measures related to these expenditures is to support the returns received by producers: their effect on producer revenues, and hence farm income, depends on a number of factors which vary from year to year.
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'000 Tonnes Liquid industrial waste Solid industrial waste1 Dredged Spoil2 1979 Irish sea 83.3 118.0 North sea 455.8 5,515.0 36,754 Other 72.7 0.3 1980 Irish sea 55.7 144.5 North sea 453.3 5,623.1 46,379 Other 15.8 0.2
Liquid industrial waste Solid industrial waste1 Dredged Spoil2 1981 Irish sea 47.2 144.5 North sea 380.9 5,488.5 36,581 Other 44.6 0.2 1982 Irish sea 46.9 155.5 North sea 222.2 5,351.5 34,742 Other 49.1 0.1 1983 Irish sea 30.5 164.7 North sea 218.3 6,003.7 30,922 Other 77.4 0.1 1984 Irish sea 28.9 62.5 North sea 228.9 942.1 43,013 Other 30.7 0.2 1985 Irish sea 31.5 19.2 4,382 North sea 262.9 3,865.5 22,747 Other 31.9 0.1 13,075 1986 Irish sea 27.1 73.1 6,166 North sea 230.6 4,130.2 17,783 Other 26.3 0.8 10,104 1987 Irish sea 17.0 293.7 5,246 North sea 223.4 3,974.4 17,864 Other 23.7 — 15,224 Information for 1988 is not yet available.
1 Colliery waste, flyash etc.
2 Information not broken down into sea areas until 1985.
§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what volume, in cubic metres, of British sewage sludge has been dumped into(a) the Irish sea, (b) the North sea and (c) other British coastal areas, in each year from 1979 to 1988.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonThe information, for which records are kept in tonnes, is as follows:
£'000 tonnes Irish sea North sea Other British coastal areas 1979 1657.7 5793.1 1511.7 1980 2055.7 5770.4 2646.8 1981 1964.6 5795.7 2262.2 1982 1937.1 5435.8 2239.9 1983 1589.0 5070.2 2211.8 1984 1582.0 5181.4 2409.2 1985 1813.4 5218.8 2387.2 1986 1817.3 5493.8 2376.5 1987 1935.5 4734.3 2300.3 Information for 1988 is not yet available.
§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will estimate the mass in tonnes dumped into(a) the Irish sea and (b) other British coastal waters in each year from 1985 to 1988 inclusive of (i) arsenic, (ii) lead, (iii) nickel, (iv) chromium, (v) zinc, (vi) manganese, (vii) cadmium, (viii) copper, (ix) uranium, (x) fluoride, (xi) mercury, (xii) halogenated hydrocarbons, (xiii) polychlorinatedbiphenyls, (xiv) organochlorines, (xv) dioxins, and (xvi) organophosphates.
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§ Mr. Donald ThompsonRecords are available in respect of the following substances in material dumped under the provisions of the Dumping at Sea Act 1974 (1985) and part II of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (1986 and 1987). Figures for 1988 are not yet available.
TONNES 1985 1986 1987 (a) Irish sea Arsenic 0 1 1 Lead 320 321 297 Nickel 80 105 87 Chromium 203 202 200 Zinc 822 1,324 916 Cadmium 3 6 4 Copper 207 277 265 Mercury 5 4 3 (b) Other British coastal waters Arsenic 41 32 8 Lead 2,950 2,609 2,887 Nickel 1,109 874 935 Chromium 1,530 1,204 1,306 Zinc 6,396 5,581 6,462 Cadmium 30 33 36 Copper 1,574 1,386 1,479 Mercury 16 11 12 Equivalent statistics are not available in respect of the remaining substances. They have been covered by exemptions from the international requirement to report quantities to the Oslo commission on de minimis grounds. It is estimated that any amounts in material dumped under the above Acts have been very small.