HC Deb 18 April 1972 vol 835 cc44-5W
Mr. Knox

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether the proposal under consideration for a convention on anti-dumping of toxic wastes in the North-East Atlantic will prevent burnt-out cyanide waste being dumped in the Atlantic.

Mr. Anthony Stodart

The Oslo Convention provides that cyanide wastes are among the substances which would require specific permits to be issued and only under strict conditions before they could be dumped at sea. The voluntary dumping arrangements administered by my Department already control cyanide dumpings on the lines of the convention.

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