§ Mr. Muddasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will seek powers to reconstitute and redesignate sea fisheries committees to be 31W answerable to the Minister and to have control of all deposits or discharges of polluted contents into coastal waters, with the statutory duty of only granting consent for such discharge after considering the effects on biological resources, recreation and public health.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartThe future arrangements for control of pollution within territorial waters was amongst the subjects considered by the Working Party on Sewage Disposal. Its recommendations and other views expressed on this issue including those on the lines now suggested by my hon. Friend are under consideration.