§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food pursuant to his answer of 3 July,Official Report, column 162, about the amount of evidence on the impact of monofilament nets on sea birds, if he will make a statement on his recent meeting with environmental groups on this matter.
§ Mr. CurryMy meeting on 4 July with Wildlife Link was focussed primarily on large-scale drift net fishing and the effect on small cetaceans and did not refer to sea birds.