§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will seek to amend the Coast Protection Act 1949 to ensure that oil rigs and similar floating platforms, which are surplus to immediate requirements, are not laid up in areas of outstanding beauty or places used for extensive recreational purposes.
§ Mr. Denis HowellThe Crown Estate Commissioners have adequate powers of control for this purpose where Crown foreshore or sea bed is involved up to the limit of territorial waters. The powers in the Coast Protection Act are supplementary and relate only to navigational hazards.