§ Q6. Sir T. Beamishasked the Prime Minister what arrangements he has made for the dispersal of oil slicks more than a mile offshore in the light of the eight nation agreement to combat oil pollution; and if he will make one Minister responsible for co-ordinating prompt action when reports of oil at sea are received as well as for research into new methods of dealing with oil slicks at sea.
§ The Prime MinisterI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the speech made by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department in the debate on coastal pollution on 16th June.—[Vol. 785, c. 117–28.]