Written question asked by Caroline Spelman (Conservative) on Monday, 1 December 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 December 2003. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour) on Monday, 8 December 2003 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Northern Ireland Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Environment and Heritage Service report, The Status of Strangford Lough Modiolus Communities will be published. - Inc ref to http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/pubs/pubs/shtml (copy in Library Dep 04/258).

Answer: Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the Environment and Heritage Service report, The Status of Strangford Lough Modiolus Communities will be published. [142023] Angela Smith: This report is an interim report by Queen's University of Belfast (QUB) under contract to the Environment and Heritage Service (EHS) of the Department of the Environment. It is part of a wider investigation into the ecological status of Strangford Lough. The report will set out the results of a diving survey of Strangford Lough undertaken in summer 2003. The report is not yet finalised but it is expected to be published shortly on the EHS internet site (http:// www.ehsni.gov.uk/pubs/pubs.shtml). A copy will be placed in the Library.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 142023; 415 c264W
Session: 2003-04
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP 04/258
Tuesday, 27 January 2004
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Northern Ireland Nature conservation Shellfish Ecology Strangford Lough
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk