§ 31. Mr. Kennedyasked the Secretary of State for Transport if, following publication later in the current year of principal charts for the areas including the Minch and west of the Hebrides, he intends to issue further instructions for the purposes of excluding large crude oil carrying tankers from the Minch; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. David MitchellI have no powers to make instructions of this sort following the publication of charts carrying information about the area of deep water to the west of the Outer Hebrides which has now been surveyed to modern standards, but I think it would be desirable if large crude oil tankers would take that route.