HC Deb 06 February 1985 vol 72 c558W
71. Mr. Hill

asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what controls exist at present to monitor licensed applications for dumping at sea.

Mr. MacGregor:

In accordance with a predetermined programme, regular checks are made of both the materials to be dumped and the vessels to be used in connection with licences issued under the Dumping at Sea Act 1974. Similarly, the state of the marine environment, both at the dumping site and elsewhere, is kept under regular scientific surveillance within the framework of defined monitoring programmes.