HC Deb 27 January 1988 vol 126 c233W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what recent discussions his Department has had with the Natural Environment Research Council regarding the survey of common seals on the west coast of Scotland and the islands of Scotland in relation to the growth of numbers of salmonid fish farms; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Jackson

None. The Natural Environment Research Council, through its responsibilities under the Conservation of Seals Act 1970, provides my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for the Home Department and Scotland with estimates of seal populations.