HC Deb 17 December 1969 vol 793 cc361-2W
Mr. Brewis

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on the causes of deaths of and injuries to sea birds and marine life off the coast of Scotland.

Mr. Fowler

The incident was described in my reply to the hon. Member for Torrington (Mr. Peter Mills) on 10th December. Investigations continue, co-ordinated by the Natural Environment Research Council which will publish a report in the New Year. The incident was confined to one family of seabird—;Auks—and no other marine life was affected.—[Vol. 793, c.132.]