§ 66. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Minister of Land and Natural Resources if he is aware that the beauties of Great Britain's coastline are being marred by quantities of oil discharged by tankers and other ships, and that although some of such oil was recently cleared away by Her Majesty's ships, much still remains as a menace to bathers and holidaymakers; and if he will introduce legislation to purify British beaches.
§ Mr. SkeffingtonThe main objective must be to press on with measures for168W preventing the discharge of oil, on which considerable progress has been made in recent years. Local authorities already possess powers under which they can clean beaches that have become polluted.