§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will extend radar coverage for traffic at sea to all parts of the United Kingdom sea areas including the Shetlands; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. NorrisWhile there are no plans to extend radar surveillance of maritime traffic, this is an issue being considered by the inquiry announced by the Secretary of State to the House on 11 January 1993 under the chairmanship of Lord Donaldson of Lymington.
§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what parts of the English Channel are covered by radar coverage for traffic at sea.
§ Mr. NorrisRadar coverage of shipping in the channel is covered by the channel navigation information service, operated by Her Majesty's Coastguard within an area bounded by the Greenwich meridian in the west to 002° to 20.0° east. However, it does not include all that area. The extent of radar surveillance is shown on Admiralty Chart 5500. I will send a photocopy of the relevant part of that chart to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, North.