HC Deb 25 March 1991 vol 188 c338W
Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment who supplied and manufactured the oil skimming equipment handed over by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in Bahrain last week.

Mr. Baldry

[holding answer 22 March 1991]: The equipment was supplied by DESMI Ltd. from its factory in Newcastle, Staffordshire. These particular items were manufactured in Denmark by DESMI's parent company, A/S De Smithske, and use major United Kingdom components, particularly engines made by Lister Diesels, hydraulic equipment from Hamworthy Ltd. of Poole, Dorset, and valves manufactured by Chalwyn Valves Ltd.