§ Mr. LeighTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport when Her Majesty's Government will ratify the 1988 protocol relating to the international convention on load line 1966 establishing an international agreement on minimum freeboards for ships engaged on international voyages; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. NorrisThe Government will consider ratification of annex IV of MARPOL when the findings of a comprehensive survey of United Kingdom reception facilities, including those for sewage, are available later in the year.