§ Mrs. MahonTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what monitoring is currently being undertaken in and around the Humber estuary on(a) the decline in marine life and (b) the effects of water pollution on fish for human consumption.
§ Mr. Donald Thompson[holding answer 16 May 1989]: Concentrations of contaminants in fish and shellfish around the coasts of England and Wales including the Humber area are regularly monitored by scientists from my Department's directorate of fisheries research. Reports of this work are published and the latest such report, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food "Aquatic Environment Monitoring Report No. 16", is available in the Library of the House.