76. Sir T. Bearishasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he has now considered the report of the Joint Working Group set up last October by the Local Authority Associations and the Institute of Petroleum to examine the question of the pollution of beaches by oil and kindred matters, a copy of which is in his possession; and what action he now proposes to take.
§ Mr. MacCollThe report was received in the Department just over a week ago and is being considered. My right hon. Friend has sent copies to a Sub-Committee of the Select Committee on Science and Technology, to which the House has52W referred the question of future measures against the pollution of our shores, and the Department will take an early opportunity of discussing the report with the local authority associations.