§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Bridgend (Mr. Griffiths) of 28 January,Official Report, column 666, what action he is taking about Sokerol.
§ Mr. Heseltine[holding answer 1 February 1991]: The hon. Member for Bridgend (Mr. Griffiths) has been in contact about Sokerol both with my Department and with the Department of Transport's marine pollution control unit, which is the Government's centre of expertise on oil pollution control at sea. Arrangements exist to make the Governments of the Gulf states, who bear prime responsibility for dealing with the pollution inflicted on the Gulf by Saddam Hussein, aware of potentially useful materials and technology available from the United Kingdom on which they may wish to call.