§ 35. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Minister of Technology if he is aware of the many uses of seaweed, including its use for food and for fertiliser, and that those uses are being diminished by the pollution in the sea around Great Britain's coasts and beaches, thereby causing national loss; and what steps his Department is taking to rectify these losses to Great Britain's food and other industries.
§ Dr. BrayYes, but the major sources of seaweed are in unpolluted Scottish waters so that pollution is not so far as I am aware causing a national loss. However, the effects of pollution on seaweed are being studied at several universities and the scope of the review of work on the sea and the seabed, which the Department is undertaking, includes seaweed and pollution aspects.