Written question asked by Michael Meacher (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 December 1996. It was answered by James Clappison (Conservative) on Thursday, 5 December 1996 on behalf of the Department of the Environment.

Dept of the Environment

Question: If he will place in the Library copies of those reports prepared by Government laboratories or consultants to his Department on the monitoring of pollution arising from offshore oil installations since 1979. - The Directorate of Fisheries Research of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food regularly produces reports in the Aquatic Environment Monitoring Reports series on this subject (in Lib). Similar reports are produced by the Scottish Office. My Department has commissioned no recent reports from consultants for this purpose.

Answer: Mr. Meacher: To ask the Secretary of Stae for the Environment if he will place in the Library copies of all reports prepared by Government laboratories or consultants to his Department on the monitoring of pollution arising from offshore oil installations since 1979. [7021] Mr. Clappison: The Directorate of Fisheries Research of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food regularly produces reports in the Aquatic Environment Monitoring Reports series on this subject, which are placed in the Library. Similar reports are produced by the Scottish Office. My Department has commissioned no recent reports from consultants for this purpose.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 7021; 286 c737W;286 c735W
Session: 1996-97
Subjects: Oil Pollution Offshore structures Monitoring Seas and oceans Offshore drilling