HC Deb 18 February 1987 vol 110 cc668-9W
Mr. Strang

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will provide details of the discussions which took place during the meeting of the scientific and technical working group which was held in Aberdeen in June 1986 in preparation for the international conference on the environmental protection of the North sea 1987.

Mr. Waldegrave

The meeting was one of a series attended by scientific experts from the North sea littoral states, the Commission of the European Communities and international organisations concerned with the protection of the North sea. Its main purpose was to revise the quality status report on the North sea produced for the 1984 North sea conference in Bremen. The final revision of this report will be completed in the summer, after which I would expect it to be published.