§ Mr. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps the Government are taking to ensure the new levels of discharges, agreed in Paris in the new convention to protect the north-east Atlantic, can be met.
§ Mr. MacleanThe new convention to protect the marine environment of the north-east Atlantic does not itself set any "new levels of discharges". The Government and the regulatory authorities will be using the powers at their disposal to fulfil obligations established under the convention and its predecessors.