HC Deb 11 November 1998 vol 319 c189W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what assessment the Government have made of the importance of the waters of the Atlantic Frontier as a habitat for whales and dolphins. [59020]

Mr. Meale

The Joint Nature Conservation Committee has carried out surveys for cetaceans in this area since 1985. The data point to these waters as being important in a UK context for large whales.