HC Deb 08 June 1976 vol 912 c632W
Mr. Stephen Ross

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will take action to ensure that oil rigs and similar floating platforms, which may be surplus to immediate requirements and which proprietors wish to lay up in suitable havens around the coastline of Great Britain, come within local planning control.

Mr. Guy Barnett

I have no reasons to believe that present controls are ineffective.