§ Mrs. Lawrence:To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps the Government have taken to implement Recommendation 7 in the report of Lord Donaldson's review, Salvage and Intervention and their Command and Control, published in 1999. [178098]
§ Mr. Jamieson:This recommendation concerns amending the Water Resources Act 1991, responsibility of which is a matter for the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. However I have agreed with the Minister for the Environment (Mr. Morley) that my Department will take this recommendation forward and my officials are currently investigating using a Regulatory Reform Order to do this.