§ Mr. Kershawasked the Secretary of State for Energy what precautions he has
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14Wtaken to ensure that the present oil pollution experiments in the North Sea in the area 59° N-1 °E and between the Faroes and Norway do not harm birds and wildlife in the area.
§ Mr. KaufmanI have been asked to reply.
On the advice of the Nature Conservancy Council no oil is to be released near any sea bird concentrations. If reconnaissance, either by ship or helicopter, reveals such concentrations, the officer in charge will not release oil, or if it has been released, immediate steps will be taken to collect or disperse it.