§ Mr. Laurance Reedasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps he has taken to ensure that particulate trade wastes dumped in the Irish Sea do not smother benthic animals, and do not reduce photosynthesis by phytoplankton in the area.
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§ Mr. Anthony StodartDispersibility is one of the factors that are taken into account by my Department in dealing with applications to dispose of wastes at sea under the voluntary arrangements which it operates.