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Increased Protection of the North Sea

Part of Orders of the Day — Environmental Protection Bill – in the House of Commons at 5:45 pm on 2 May 1990.

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(2) The plan established under subsection (1) above shall include—

  1. (a) measures to prohibit the dumping of sewage sludge from January 1st 1993;
  2. (b) measures to achieve zero discharges of inputs harmful to the marine environment by January 1st 2000;
  3. (c) measures to prohibit the dumping of flyash from January 1st 1991;
  4. (d) measures to prohibit the dumping of industrial wastes from January 1st 1991;
  5. (e) measures to limit discharges from shipping;
  6. (f) measures to limit discharges from oil and gas platforms; and
  7. (g) measures to regulate further the transport of hazardous substances and to introduce a register of accidents at sea which result in the entry of harmful substances into the marine environment.'.—[Mr. Simon Hughes.]