HC Deb 24 November 1978 vol 958 cc763-4W
Mr. Adley

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will tabulate the 10 nations under whose flag most oil is carried in international waters, for each of the last 10 years, indicating for each year and for each country: (a) the num- ber of notified accidents, (b) the amount of oil known to have been spilled at sea as a result of accident, (c) the quantity of oil spilled expressed as a percentage of each ton/1,000 miles carried and (d) the percentage of tons spilled per 1,000 miles carried, nation by nation, taking the figure for the nation with the best record as 100.

Mr. John Smith

I regret that this information is not available.

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