HC Deb 18 December 1970 vol 808 c457W
Mr. Laurance Reed

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what studies his Department have made of the effects of china clay waste on marine life in St. Austell and Mevagissey Bays.

Mr. Anthony Stodart

The Ministry has carried out studies of china clay deposits in the areas concerned, including surveys of the fauna in St. Austell Bay using a local commercial trawler. The results were published in the Journal of the Marine Biological Association in August, 1970.