§ Mr. AingerTo ask the President of the Board of Trade which consultees agreed to the indicative conditions to be imposed on operators in blocks 104/16, 104/17, 104/18, 104/19, 104/21, 103/1, 103/2 and 103/3.
§ Mr. Eggar[holding answer 8 March 1993]: All our consultees, such as other Government Departments and interested bodies, were given an opportunity to comment on the draft conditions to be attached to individual blocks. Consultees' comments have now been incorporated into relevant draft conditions.
§ Mr. AingerTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the shortest distance in nautical miles between the northern extremity of blocks 104/16, 104/17 and W4/18 and(a) Burry inlet (grid ref. SS500970) and (b) Penclawdd.
§ Mr. Eggar[holding answer 8 March 1993]: The shortest distance between the northern extremity of blocks 104/16, 104/17, and 104/18 and grid ref. SS500970 is approximately 12 nautical miles. The shortest distance between the northern extremity of blocks 104/16, 104/17 and 104/18 and Penclawdd is approximately 13 nautical miles.
§ Mr. AingerTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the shortest distance in nautical miles between the southern extremity of block 103/1 and 103/2 and(a) the Smalls and (b) Grassholm Island.
§ Mr. Eggar[holding answer 8 March 1993]: The shortest distance between the southern extremity of blocks 103/1 and 103/2 and the smalls is approximately eight nautical miles. The shortest distance between the southern extremity of blocks 103/1 and 103/2 and Grassholm Island is approximately 10 nautical miles.
500W
§ Mr. AingerTo ask the President of the Board of Trade on what date his Department asked the Joint Nature Conservation Committee for its advice on blocks 103/1, 103/2, 103/3, 106/25, 106/29, 107/21, 104/16, 104/17, 104/18, 104/19, 104/21, 106/24, 106/27, 106/28, 103/19, 103/20, 103/24, 103/25, 103/39 and 103/30; and by what date it required a response.
§ Mr. Eggar[holding answer 8 March 1993]: Comments on the first three of these blocks were requested from the JNCC on 14 April 1992. No date was set for the JNCC to respond by, as a meeting was arranged to discuss its concerns. It responded on 1 June 1992. The remainder of the blocks were notified to JNCC on 5 and 18 May 1992. The JNCC responded on 20 June 1992. At all times we kept the JNCC fully informed of our timetable for announcements.
§ Mr. AingerTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the shortest distance in nautical miles between the northern extremity of blocks 104/16, 104/17, 104/18 and 104/19 and(a) the nearest point to each block on the Welsh coastline and (b) the north coast of Lundy Island.
§ Mr. Eggar[holding answer 8 March 1993]: The shortest distance between the northern extremities of blocks 104/16, 104/17, 104/18 and 104/19 and the nearest points on the Welsh coast are approximately six, eight, six and two nautical miles respectively. The shortest distance between the southern extremity of blocks 104/16, 104/17, 104/18 and 104/19 and the north coast of Lundy Island is approximately six nautical miles.
§ Mr. AingerTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the shortest distance in nautical miles between(a) the southern extremity and (b) the eastern extremity of block 104/21 and Lundy Island.
§ Mr. Eggar[holding answer 8 March 1993]: The shortest distance between the south-eastern extremity of block 104/21 and the coast of Lundy Island is aproximately six nautical miles.