§ Mr. Onslowasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied that existing import controls are sufficient to prevent the introduction of the parasite gyrodactylus solaris into United Kingdom rivers.
(i) (ii) Curies Year Lat N Long W Tonnes* alpha beta/ gamma† Port of loading Vessels used deg/min deg/min 1955 32 37 14 05 1,453 12 33 Gosport Defence operated ships 1957 32 42 19 30 4,404 955 808 Sheerness Defence operated ships 1958 32 42 19 30 2,694 695 1,085 Sheerness Defence operated ships 1965 48 15 13 15 1,759 114 13,754 Gosport MV Hal 1966 48 15 13 15 1,044 78 2,742 Newhaven MV Topaz 1967 42 50 14 30 722 91 1,682 Rosyth and Newhaven MV Topaz 1968 48 20 13 16 3,164 731 74,837 Swansea MV Topaz 1969 49 05 17 05 1,878 390 17,590 Rosyth, Portsmouth and Sharpness MV Topaz 1970 48 19 13 15 1,674 233 20,224 Rosyth, Portsmouth and Sharpness MV Topaz 1971 46 15 17 25 1,434 323 8,615 Portsmouth and Sharpness MV Topaz 1972 46 15 17 25 1,885 674 19,049 Sharpness MV Topaz 1973 46 15 17 25 1,453 739 11,641 Sharpness MV Topaz 1974 46 15 17 25 1,256 399 94,126 Sharpness MV Topaz 1975 46 15 17 25 1,350 704 52,481 Sharpness MV Topaz 1976 46 15 17 25 2,269 789 49,777 Sharpness MV Topaz 1977 46 00 16 45 2,140 930 74,830 Sharpness MVGem 1978 46 00 16 45 2,080 814 69,307 Sharpness MVGem 1979 46 00 16 45 2,014 1,381 81,080 Sharpness MV Gem 1980 46 00 16 45 2,693 1,791 106,079 Sharpness MV Gem 1981 46 00 16 45 2,517 2,032 104,709 Sharpness MV Gem 1982 46 00 16 45 2,697 1,264 101,512 Sharpness MV Gem * The great majority of this weight (usually 90 per cent.) is accounted for by packaging. † Including tritium.
§ Mr. Humeasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the occasions when observers were on board ships involved in the dumping of British nuclear waste; and what organisation, firms or institutions such observers represented.
§ Mr. MacGregorI have been asked to reply. In 1977 the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
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§ Mr. MacGregorGyrodactylus solaris is an external parasite of certain salmonid fish. It cannot be transmitted via fish eggs.
All imports of live salmonid fish into Great Britain are prohibited by the Diseases of Fish Act 1937 (as amended) and very restrictive fish health controls also operate in Northern Ireland. I consider that existing controls are sufficient to prevent the importation of this parasite into the United Kingdom.