Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 4 April 1979.
Leaving party politics aside for a moment, is the Minister satisfied that the oil companies are subject to sufficient scrutiny of their activities in relation to oil pollution, bearing in mind what is going on in the Shetlands? Does the Minister agree that the owner of the oil should be identified, partly if not wholly, as the polluter and as such should carry a major share not only for the cure of the oil pollution but for its prevention?