§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the implementation of the Industrial Relations Act 1999. [102761]
§ Mr. Alan JohnsonWork is continuing on the implementation process described in the answer which I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford, North (Mr. Rooney) on 21 October 1999,Official Report, column 613W.
In particular, the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations (SI 1999/3312) have come into force, on 15 December, together with the new rights to time off for dependants. Date Operator Reported by: Report on third party1 Amount (tonnes) 2 March 1999 BHP Operator — 1.0000 6 March 1999 BHP Operator — 1.0000 9 March 1999 BHP Operator — Unknown 13 March 1999 BHP Operator — 0.1500 21 March 1999 BHP Operator Yes Unknown 25 March 1999 BHP Operator Yes 0.0045 6 April 1999 BHP Haliburton Yes 4.0000 7 April 1999 BG Operator — 0.0039 11 April 1999 BHP Operator Yes Unknown 12 April 1999 BHP Operator Yes 0.2500 26 April 1999 BHP Operator — 0.0005 8 May 1999 BHP Operator Yes 2.0000 13 June 1999 BHP Operator — 0.0001 2 July 1999 BHP Operator — 0.0005 3 July 1999 BHP Operator — 0.0005 12 July 1999 BHP Operator — 0.0000 17 July 1999 BHP Operator Yes Unknown 25 July 1999 BHP Operator Yes 0.5000 3 August 1999 BHP Operator Yes 0.0005 13 August 1999 BHP Operator — 0.0005 14 August 1999 BG Operator — 0.0119 16 September 1999 BHP Operator — 0.0005 29 September 1999 BHP Operator — 0.2500 29 October 1999 BHP Operator — 0.0005 3 November 1999 BHP Operator Yes 0.0005 4 November 1999 BHP Operator — 0.0002 13 November 1999 BHP Operator Yes 0.0005 21 November 1999 BHP Operator Yes 0.5000 4 December 1999 BHP Operator — 0.0002 1Report on third party indicates that the operator reporting was not responsible for the spill incident.