§ Mr. Laurance Reedasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether, in view of the developments at the Forties 398W oilfield, he will ask the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organisation to review the adequacy of measures taken to prevent the rupture of undersea pipelines by ships' anchors and fishermen's trawls.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantUnder Continental Shelf legislation such measures are within the purview of Her Majesty's Government and there is no occasion at this stage to bring the matter before I.M.C.O.