§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Trade what steps he has taken to encourage United Kingdom oil tanker operators to install deballasting monitors which provide a direct digital readout of the amount of oil discharged per mile rather than the oil-in-water content.
§ Mr. Clinton DavisUntil oil discharge monitoring and control equipment which meets the requirements of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships 1973 has been submitted by manufacturers and approved by my Department, I shall not encourage tanker operators to install equipment of a particular type.