§ Mr. Moneyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) whether he will introduce legislation to extend statutory control over discharges to the sea from coastal pipelines and outfalls as recommended in 1970 by the working party on sewage disposal in its report, "Taken for Granted";
(2) whether he will seek powers to regulate through statutory control the dumping of waste by ships working from United Kingdom ports.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe Working Party on Sewage Disposal made recommendations on both these matters. I shall soon 341W be publishing the Government's observations on all the main recommendations in its report.