§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what consultation he has had with the chairman of the NRA Wales region concerning the numbers of salmon and seatrout/sewin taken by water bailiffs in the River Taff for the purposes of assisted fertilisation at the hatchery; and what evaluation has been made of the relative strength of the homing instinct of naturally spawned salmon in the Taff catchment headwaters relative to those spawned in the hatchery;
(2) what consultation he has had with the chairman of the Wales region of the NRA in relation to the numbers of migratory salmonoid in the River Taff crossing (a) Black weir, (b) Llandaf weir and (c) Radyr weir on spawning runs for each year since 1985; and if he will give the figures for this year to date;
(3) what consultations he has had with the chairman of the Wales region of the NRA in relation to the effectiveness of the Taff fish passes installed at (a) Black weir, (b) Llandaf weir and (c) Radyr weir since their construction; in what year each was installed; what evaluation has been made of their effectiveness; and if he will make a statement;
(4) what consultations he had with the chairman of the National Rivers Authority Wales region and the chairman of the Cardiff Bay development corporation concerning the impact of the piling operations for the Cardiff Bay barrage on salmon and seatrout/sewin spawning runs into (a) Taff and (b) Ely during 1995 and 1996.
§ Mr. RedwoodNone.