§ Mr. HardyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment in how many estuaries in England and Wales development or destruction is proceeding at a pace which he estimates is likely to damage the ecological character of those areas; and in how many of these their national or international obligation is to secure meaningful environmental protection.
§ Mr. BaldryThe Nature Conservancy Council's report "Nature Conservation and Estuaries in Great Britain" provides details of the main nature conservation interests of estuaries and the requirements to protect them. The report, which was published on 25 March, will be placed in the Library.