§ Mr. Laurance Reedasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what consideration her Department, and bodies for which she is responsible, are giving to the setting up of marine parks or aquatic reserves below low water mark.
§ Mrs. ThatcherI recognise the importance of underwater conservation and the situation is under consideration by the 175W Natural Environment Research Council. However, the complex scientific, legal and practical problems inherent in the establishment of sub-littoral nature reserves have not yet been resolved.