§ Mr. KennedyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish details of the number of recorded incidents involving fishing boats and oil tankers in the Minch for each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. McLoughlinNumerous incidents off north-west Scotland have been recorded by the coastguard during the period but it is not possible to isolate those involving fishing vessels in the Minches. Two minor incidents 181W involving tankers in the Minches have been identified, one in 1981 and one in 1984, neither of which involved any other vessel.