§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the reasons for the delay in carrying out the tests at Maplin Sands, Essex on the behaviour of liquefied gases following large-scale spillings which were announced earlier in the current year and are to be monitored by the Health and Safety Executive.
§ Mr. MayhewThe tests which are being carried out by Shell Oil (UK) Ltd. require sophisticated remote instrumentation and computerised data handling facilities. A delay of about one month has occurred because of problems in the installation of this equipment. I under-870W stand that the tests are now expected to start early in August.