§ Mr. MacdonaldTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 28 April,Official Report, column 268, what appropriate action has been taken with the owners of tankers transiting the Minch against the recommendations agreed internationally since November 1993.
§ Mr. NorrisThe Department has written to the owners of the seven contravening tankers. Their responses have been positive, with the result that the owners of six of the vessels involved have issued an instruction to avoid the Minch and none of the seven has since transited the Minch.