§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for South Shields (Dr. Clark), Official Report, 27 June, column 464, whether the surveyor appointed to inquire into all the circumstances of the grounding of the MV Bridgeness on 16 June, will also be inquiring into remedial measures to control oil pollution taken immediately after the grounding.
§ Mr. David MitchellNo. that was outside the scope of his inquiry. However, in view of widespread concern about the clean-up response at sea, I have agreed that a departmental report should be prepared and published on the measures taken.