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Written question asked by Lord Maginnis of Drumglass (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Rooker (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 December 2006.


Fishing: Lough Neagh

Question
asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 8 November (WA 183), whether they will re-examine the information provided in the Answer that a fisheries patrol boat was on duty on Lough Neagh on 12, 21 and 30 May and 13 and 27 October 2006; and why fisheries patrol boats' logs indicate that this was not the case.
Answer

I am now advised by the chief executive of the FCB that shore patrols only were carried out on 12, 21, 30 May and 13 June and that these were wrongly recorded as boat patrols. I am also advised that a patrol did take place on 27 June but that the boat log was incorrectly completed with the date of 28 June. The number of hours has also been amended to reflect the actual time spent on the lough. The original response detailed the time spent by crew on all duties associated with each boat patrol (refuelling, boat checks, etc.). A revised table is attached for consideration. I apologise to the noble Lord that the previous information was incorrect.

Date of Patrol Hours
4/5/06 3.5
7/5/06 6
8/5/06 6.5
9/5/06 6.5
27/6/06 6
30/6/06 8
1/7/06 6
3/10/06 5
Total 47.5

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
163; 687 c200WA
Session
2006-07
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Subjects
Fisheries Patrol craft Lough Neagh
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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