Mr. John D. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he intends to publish a quality status report for the Celtic Seas area including the Irish Sea. [22534]
§ Angela EagleThe United Kingdom is working with the other Contracting Parties to the OSPAR Convention to prepare an overall quality status report on the North East Atlantic. As part of this, a regional report on the Celtic Seas, including the Irish Sea, will be prepared alongside other regional reports on the Arctic, the North Sea, the Bay of Biscay/Gulf of Gascony and the deep Atlantic. Publication is planned for 2000.