§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list those recommendations contained in Lord Donaldson's report, by reference to the particular chapter and paragraph, which(a) have been implemented in full, (b) are in the process of being implemented in full, (c) are planned to be only partially implemented and (d) will not be implemented. [20819]
§ Mr. NorrisLord Donaldson's report "Safer Ships, Cleaner Seas", Cm 2560, contains 103 recommendations, which are listed in chapter 23. The Government have722W accepted 91 of these, are considering a further eight, and have rejected four. The position on each recommendation is summarised in the table.
Position Recommendations (as number in chapter 23 of Lord Donaldson's report) Accepted: Implemented in full 2,3,6,8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 24, 26–29, 32, 37, 38, 41, 46–48, 78, 79, 81, 82, 84 88, 90, 91, 94, 99, 100 Accepted: Implementation on-going1 1, 4, 5, 7, 13, 16, 18–20, 23, 25, 30, 31, 33–35, 39, 44, 45, 49, 50–58, 61–69, 70–77, 80, 83, 86, 87, 89, 93, 97, 98, 101–103 Under consideration 12, 40, 42, 59, 85, 92, 95, 96 Rejected 9, 36, 43, 60 1 The final extent of implementation of some of these recommendations will depend on a number of factors.
§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he intends to implement in full the recommendation contained paragraph 127 in chapter 20 of Lord Donaldson's report published in May 1994. [20817]
§ Mr. NorrisThe Government have provided dedicated emergency tugs at Dover and Stornoway—two of the three key areas identified in paragraph 127—both last winter and this winter. In deciding future deployment, we will take into account experience of providing these tugs, of liaison arrangements with tug operators, and of any relevant findings of the investigations into the Sea Empress incident.