§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from whom he received advice concerning the possible inclusion of the Atlantic Frontier on the list of World Heritage sites to be put forward to UNESCO; what the advice was; and what the reasons were for not including the Atlantic Frontier in his list. [81618]
§ Mr. Alan HowarthThe responsibility for considering this suggestion rested with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland. My right hon. Friend was advised by Scottish Natural Heritage that the data presented by Greenpeace were weak, particularly in respect of cetaceans, where the distribution claimed tended simply to reflect recording effort. The UK continental shelf proposal will be reconsidered when the tentative list is reviewed in five years' time.