§ Mr. Moneyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will introduce legislation further to protect swans and other birds against oil pollution.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe only satisfactory protection lies in preventing such pollution. It is already an offence to cause or knowingly permit polluting matter to enter a stream and I am considering in what ways the law might be improved, and extended to deal with accidental pollution. As my hon. Friend knows, Parliament has already passed a Bill earlier this Session strengthening the law relating to the pollution of navigable waters by oil.