§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what advice he has received from the Nature Conservancy Council concerning the proposed Cardiff bay barrage.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe proposal for a Cardiff bay barrage is primarily for the promoters, Cardiff Bay development corporation and South Glamorgan county council, to which the Nature Conservancy Council has made representations. The council has exercised its right to make its views known direct to Parliament by petitioning against the Bill, and these views will be considered in detail at the Select Committee stage. If Parliament approves the Cardiff Bay Barrage Bill the Nature Conservancy Council has confirmed that it will work with the promoters to diminish any detriment to bird life and to develop and conserve flora and fauna in the inland bay and provisions to this end have been included in the Bill.